"The cockpit is disintegrated. It's a terrible accident," Eyewitness News' John Del Giorno said following the collision of an Air Canada plane and Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport.

New York’s LaGuardia Airport was closed on Sunday night following a collision between an Air Canada plane and a Port Authority vehicle. A spokesperson for the New York City Fire Department said that firefighters responded to reports of an incident on the runway at 11.

The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada aircraft that collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia airport late Sunday night were killed in the crash, sources said, as authorities launch an investigation

Perspective: The fatal crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport is the latest incident to deepen concerns about aviation safety.