Delays are expected to last through the end of the week at LaGuardia Airport as new audio and video give insight into a deadly crash there.
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Delays are expected to last for the end of the week at LaGuardia Airport in New York
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as investigators work to pin down what led to a deadly runway collision
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New audio and video are now giving a clearer picture of what happened
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Newly released video captures the moment an Air Canada passenger jet collided with the fire truck on the runway
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What led up to the deadly collision is still under investigation. You see it right there. Wow
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Early details point to a chain of events involving another flight. The fire truck was responding to a United plane after the crew reported a strong odor in the cabin and passengers feeling sick
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At the same time, an Air Canada Express flight coming in from Montreal was approaching the runway
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Passengers say the crew warned of an emergency landing just before touchdown, then the massive impact
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Air traffic control audio shows a controller clearing the fire truck to go ahead and cross the runway, then urgently trying to stop it
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Truck 1 company, warning time, requesting to cross 4 at Delta. Truck 1 company, cross 4 at Delta
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Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop truck 1 stop Stop truck 1 stop In other recordings an air traffic controller is heard saying they were quote
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dealing with an emergency earlier and, quote, I messed up. It's not clear if that voice is from the same controller
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The incident comes as the U.S. faces a shortage of air traffic controllers
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But Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says staffing was not the issue at LaGuardia
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This airport has a target of 37 controllers at LaGuardia. We have 33 controllers employed, certified at LaGuardia
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and we have six that are, seven actually, that are in training. So as our airports go, LaGuardia is a very well-staffed airport
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We're a couple controllers short in total, but it is a well-staffed airport
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A CNN review found pilots have flagged miscommunication at LaGuardia. At least a dozen reports were filed last summer with NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System
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including one describing a close call involving multiple aircraft. One report even compared conditions at LaGuardia to those at Reagan National Airport
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before a deadly midair collision last January between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter
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