US EditionNew York Plane Crash Investigation Looking at Cockpit Recorder and Controllers
Investigators will analyze communications among the fire truck, Air Canada plane, and LaGuardia air traffic control to identify causes of the fatal collision.
- An Air Canada Express jet collided with a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night, killing both pilots in the first fatal crash there in 34 years.
- National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy confirmed the runway remains closed as authorities recovered the cockpit and flight data recorders for analysis, while investigators examine tower communications to determine why the truck crossed despite warnings.
- Jazz Aviation, operating for Air Canada, carried 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal. A passenger described the collision as "chaos," while about 40 people, including two from the fire truck, were hospitalized.
- Flights resumed Monday at LaGuardia, but the collision runway remained closed, causing hourslong delays by Tuesday as the Port Authority coordinated recovery efforts with federal investigators.
- The crash compounds broader U.S. air travel frustrations stemming from long security lines caused by an ongoing partial government shutdown. NTSB officials plan to release additional investigation details at a news conference Tuesday.
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LaGuardia crash cockpit audio reveals final three minutes before fatal collision
National Transportation Safety Board officials have released the results of an Air Canada cockpit voice recorder in the fatal collision between the passenger jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. They said the final three minutes showed that air traffic controllers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport were juggling a developing late-night emergency on the runway just before the jet collided with the vehicle. A United Airlines flight …
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators investigating the collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport are reviewing the cockpit voice recorder and what was happening inside the control tower moments before the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans to share more details about its initial investigation at a press conference on Tuesday. The plane, which transported more than 70 people, crashed…
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