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Globe/CP say bodies of Air Canada pilots come home

2026-03-27 07:05 ET - In the News

The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that the bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia on Sunday have returned to Canada. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer Mackenzie Gunther off a plane at Ottawa airport Thursday afternoon. Captain Antoine Forest's body was then flown from Ottawa to Montréal Trudeau. Mr. Forest's death has sparked an outpouring of sympathy in his hometown of Coteau-du-Lac, Que., southwest of Montreal. The Air Line Pilots Association says the deaths of the two young aviators have also shaken up the industry. "As we navigate the coming days, look out for one another," Gil Renaud, a captain with Jazz, told his colleagues in a message posted by the association. Mr. Renaud, who is based in Montreal, flies the CRJ-900 aircraft, the same model implicated in the tragedy Sunday night. Mr. Gunther, 24, and Mr. Forest, 30, died when their Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck while landing at the New York airport. Michael Rousseau, the company's chief executive officer, also apologized Thursday for his inability to express himself in French after his English-only message of condolence.

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