Federal investigators on Thursday detailed a series of issues and failures that led up to last month’s deadly collision between a regional jet and a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, the truck drove through the airport’s version of a stop light and … Read more
NTSB releases preliminary report about deadly LaGuardia collision – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Transportation Safety Board just released its preliminary findings about what happened to cause the deadly runway collision at LaGuardia between a firetruck and a plane last month. Kris Van Cleave reports on the details. Source link
Prior to the collision, the controller-in-charge was coordinating multiple issues, which included communicating with firefighting crews on the ground, the report said. The local controller took over transmitting air traffic instructions on both ground control and local controller frequencies at this time, according to the report. Air Canada’s pilots were given clearance to land by … Read more
Firetruck driver in runway disaster heard warnings to stop, but didn’t know they were meant for him, preliminary report says. Source link
Delta pilots contact wrong tower while landing at LaGuardia – CBS News Watch CBS News A Delta flight was on its final approach to land at LaGuardia Airport, but the pilots were talking to controllers in the JFK tower about 10 miles away on the wrong radio frequency. Kris Van Cleave reports. Source link
The runway where a plane collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the two pilots and injuring several others, has reopened NEW YORK — The runway where a plane collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the two pilots and injuring several others, reopened Thursday morning. The … Read more
Two Air Canada passengers who survived the deadly plane-fire rescue truck collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport described in an exclusive interview with “CBS Mornings” on Thursday the moment of impact and how they helped other passengers escape the plane. Rebecca Liquori recalled getting “very nervous” when they experienced turbulence while their plane was descending … Read more
Air Canada has said that four passengers and crew from the fatal collision at LaGuardia on Sunday night are still being treated in hospitals almost four days after the accident. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board is well underway after two pilots were killed when their Air Canada flight collided with a Port … Read more
NEW YORK — All but four of the passengers injured in Sunday’s deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck have been released from the hospital, the airline said Wednesday, as crews began moving the mangled aircraft off the runaway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The crash, which remains under investigation, killed … Read more
All but four of the passengers injured in Sunday’s deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck have been released from the hospital, the airline said Wednesday, as crews began moving the mangled aircraft off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. A spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and … Read more