[caditinpiscinam]

Damn that's awful.

I read elsewhere that the plane was only going 24mph when it hit the truck, and I didn't understand how the collision could have been that damaging, but I wasn't taking into account how much momentum a plane would have at that speed. From the video, it seems like a plane moving on the ground acts less like a car or truck and more like a very delicate freight train when it hits something.

[hajile]

Maybe they were talking about the truck going 24mph, but the plane is clearly going WAY faster than that.

I'm not completely sure but it seems like the runway entry lights are red which very clearly indicates the runway is in use. They should have known better.

[Tade0]

It's crossing more than its entire length per second, so 36m - 130km/h+ or 80mph+.

[caditinpiscinam]

This is the article I saw, but I agree it seems like its going much faster in the video https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/23/air-canada-crash-at...

[sfilmeyer]

This article claims 104 mph, not 24 mph: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/23/us/timeline-air-canada-collis...

[fracus]

Planes aren't built to withstand head on collisions because in almost every case the passengers would all die anyway and to keep the weight of the plane down for fuel efficiency. Firetrucks on the other hand are super heavy due to all the water they carry.

[stevage]

Yeah lots of sites are reporting 39 km/h but they're wrong. The plane is clearly travelling a lot faster than that.