The two pilots who died when an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on March 22 have been identified as Antoine Forrest and Mackenzie Gunther, both Canadians.
The pair were piloting the plane, with dozens of passengers on board, during Sunday night’s devastating collision on the airport’s runway No. 4.
Forrest was identified by his great aunt, Jeannette Gagnier, during an interview with The Associated Press.
He grew up in Coteau-du-Lac, a small city in southwestern Québec, and worked as a first officer for Air Canada for more than three years before the crash, according to his LinkedIn page….