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Live updates: 2 dead after Air Canada plane, fire truck collide at LaGuardia Airport (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Cptn_Slow@lemmy.world to c/aviation@lemmy.world

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Sounds like the firetruck was cleared to cross when the CRJ was still on the roll. 2 dead on the scene (presumably the pilots), and four critically injured (presumably the firefighters). I can't imagine the forward FA was uninjured.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, maybe losing a shitload of experienced ground controllers during the shutdown was a bad thing?

[–] Cptn_Slow@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Point withstanding, I have flown into LGA enough times to recognize the controller's voice. He has always seemed on top of it.

To me, it seems like the UAL emergency had him task saturated, and when that happens something eventually slips through the cracks.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 20 hours ago

For sure. It's classic swiss cheese model of aviation accidents. It may have been a controller mistake due to high workload, but why is that controller so overworked to begin with?