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Fire truck in LaGuardia crash lacked equipment needed to trigger runway warning system, NTSB says
The fire truck's lack of a transponder prevented the runway warning system from alerting controllers; about 40 people were hospitalized after the crash, NTSB said.
- The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the LaGuardia Airport fire truck involved in Sunday's deadly collision lacked critical equipment needed to trigger the runway warning system.
- An Air Canada-operated Jazz Aviation flight carrying 72 passengers and four crew slammed into the fire truck late Sunday night, killing the two pilots and injuring several passengers.
- About 40 people required hospitalization following the collision, marking the first fatal crash at LaGuardia in 34 years, according to Port Authority executive director Kathryn Garcia.
- Investigators recovered the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders for analysis in Washington, while the runway remains closed, causing about one quarter of the airport's flights to be cancelled Tuesday with delays averaging more than four hours.
- These initial findings will likely prompt regulators to revise ground-vehicle standards and oversight procedures, potentially raising liability for agencies and disrupting airport operations nationwide as the industry assesses systemic safety gaps.
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LaGuardia crash fire truck lacked equipment to trigger warning system
Federal investigators say a runway warning system didn’t trigger an alarm before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided at New York’s LaGuardia Airport because the fire truck did not have a transponder.
NTSB: Missing transponder prevented runway safety alert in fatal LaGuardia collision
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that the ASDE-X runway safety system failed to trigger an alert before Sunday night’s fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck.
The Billings Gazette
Firetruck on runway lacked transponder
NEW YORK — A runway warning system failed to sound an alarm moments before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided while the plane landed at New York's LaGuardia Airport, federal investigators said Tuesday.
Safety system failed in LaGuardia crash that killed two pilots, says NTSB
NEW YORK, March 25 — Tracking technologies designed to prevent runway collisions did not work at New York’s LaGuardia airport when an Air Canada Express jet struck a fire truck on Sunday night, killing the two pilots, the National Transportation Safety Board said yesterday.NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the airport’s ground surveillance system did not generate an alert warning of the close proximity of vehicles to the runway.In addition, the f…
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