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One of only two air traffic controllers on duty at LaGuardia Airport cleared a fire truck to cross a runway just 12 seconds before an Air Canada flight touched down, leaving little time to avoid the
Investigators want to know more about the role of the air traffic controllers and whether they were distracted by an emergency with another plane just before the crash.
Transponders would have allowed air traffic controllers to see the fire truck’s location on their instruments.
An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airp
An Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing its pilot and co-pilot while injuring more than 40 passengers, crew members and rescue officers.
New surveillance footage shows the moment Air Canada Flight AC8646 collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport.
Two people are dead after a plane collided with a fire truck at New York City’s second-biggest airport. Follow for live updates.
A half-decade after last buying a used fire truck, the Lakewood fire department is once again planning a similar cost-saving expenditure.