‘Many, many things went wrong’ before LaGuardia crash, NTSB head says

Delays are expected to last for the end of the week at LaGuardia Airport in New York

as investigators work to pin down what led to a deadly runway collision

New audio and video are now giving a clearer picture of what happened

Newly released video captures the moment an Air Canada passenger jet collided with the fire truck on the runway

What led up to the deadly collision is still under investigation. You see it right there. Wow

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

At the same time, an Air Canada Express flight coming in from Montreal was approaching the runway

Passengers say the crew warned of an emergency landing just before touchdown, then the massive impact

Air traffic control audio shows a controller clearing the fire truck to go ahead and cross the runway, then urgently trying to stop it

Truck 1 company, warning time, requesting to cross 4 at Delta. Truck 1 company, cross 4 at Delta

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

dealing with an emergency earlier and, quote, I messed up. It's not clear if that voice is from the same controller

The incident comes as the U.S. faces a shortage of air traffic controllers

But Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says staffing was not the issue at LaGuardia

This airport has a target of 37 controllers at LaGuardia. We have 33 controllers employed, certified at LaGuardia

and we have six that are, seven actually, that are in training. So as our airports go, LaGuardia is a very well-staffed airport

We're a couple controllers short in total, but it is a well-staffed airport

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

including one describing a close call involving multiple aircraft. One report even compared conditions at LaGuardia to those at Reagan National Airport

before a deadly midair collision last January between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter

Music