2 LaGuardia air traffic controllers left work an hour early before deadly crash, AP source says
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Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots, according to a government official familiar with the investigation.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 23: An Air Canada Express plane sits on the tarmac after it collided with a fire truck on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026 in New York City. The plane had landed from a flight from Montreal.
By Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Two LaGuardia Airport air traffic controllers in the control tower left work early the night an Air Canada Express flight collided with an airport fire truck on the runway, according to a source familiar with the investigation into the March 22 crash.
Two air traffic controllers at LaGuardia Airport left work early on the night of a deadly runway collision in March, a source familiar with the situation told CBS News.
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fire two controllers who left work about an hour before their shifts ended on March 22 -- the date of the deadly collision.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found that two air traffic controllers left work early before a deadly collision occurred at LaGuardia Airport in March, according to a report that first appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
The FAA is reportedly looking to fire two LaGuardia Airport air traffic controllers who allegedly left work early the night two Air Canada pilots were killed in a crash on the runway.
Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots, according to a government official familiar with the investigation.
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