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In tense moments after deadly LaGuardia crash, controller said he ‘messed up’
The collision killed both pilots and injured 41 passengers, with investigations focusing on communication failures and adverse weather during landing.
- On Sunday, March 22, a Jazz Aviation-operated Air Canada Express CRJ-900 collided with an ARFF vehicle while landing at LaGuardia Airport, killing both pilots and hospitalizing 41 people.
- The controller was managing a separate emergency involving a United Airlines flight reporting a bad odour when the collision occurred, prompting investigators to examine communications between the tower and aircraft.
- Released audio captures the controller shouting "Stop, stop, stop" to the ARFF vehicle, then admitting in a shaken voice, "I messed up" as he attempted to halt the emergency vehicle.
- National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy stated investigators will "rule nothing out," while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy dismissed staffing concerns, noting the facility employs 33 controllers against a target of 37.
- Widespread travel disruptions followed the crash as authorities imposed a ground stop, with data showing 80 runway incursions by vehicles or pedestrians in the prior quarter, raising safety protocol concerns.
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NTSB probes controller as part of broader investigation into LaGuardia airport collision
By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert and Dan Catchpole NEW YORK/MONTREAL, March 23 (Reuters) – Investigators probing the deadly collision of an Air Canada Express jet with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport said on Monday they wanted to interview an air traffic controller who was juggling another emergency in the run-up to the crash. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters at LaGuardia that the contr…
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