{"id":7062,"date":"2026-03-24T11:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:06:30","slug":"newsbrief-24-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/newsbrief-24-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (24.3.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The somberness enveloping New York\u2019s LaGuardia Airport is all encompassing, as investigations are launched, the injured recover and families deal with their ultimate loss. Seneca College has identified the other pilot who died in the accident as Mackenzie Gunther, whom Air Canada Express carrier Jazz Aviation hired right after he graduated from the school\u2019s aviation technology program, three years ago. Several passengers remain in hospital. The wreckage of Air Canada flight 8646 remains strewn across LaGuardia runway number four. United States National Transportation and Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy says Canadian Transportation Safety Board investigators will be part of the team that will piece together what went wrong. One of the biggest questions to be answered will be the workload that ground controllers are under: Was the man in place at the time well-rested? Did he have control of multiple ground movements and departure movements? 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