Ground Collision At LaGuardia Airport Involving Firetruck & Air Canada Regional Jet

Whoa, I wondered why The Weather Channel said LaGuardia was closed. Air travel sure is a mess these days. We've become so used to flying around, this is bound to happen. Hard to believe a 30 mph crash would kill the pilots. Cost of a modern society.

 

I have seen reports saying 30mph, 24mph, and that the plane was going 104 mph at the time of impact. That does not look like a 30mph crash. I would place half the blame on the driver for not slowing or stopping before crossing the runway. That should be a safety requirement regardless if there was approval from the tower.

 

The problem is the fire truck got clearance from the either the control tower or ground control to proceed across the runway, and depending on what angle the fire truck was headed at in comparison to where the plane was coming in for a landing at might not have seen it but then the controllers realized their screw up and yelled to stop, but by then it was too late. It’ll be interesting to see how shorthanded that tower and the ground control area was at the time. Does this happened because the reports are the New York area airports? They’ve been having those problems here lately routinely

 

This incident due to overworked air traffic controllers. Unfortunately Trump administration cost cutting gutted air traffic control as too many unnecessary staff

 

I’ll wait to hear it on Mentour Pilot, Pilot Debrief or Captain Steeeeeve.

 

60 万次播放 · 5,821 个心情 | New horrific video footage captures the moment an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. LaGuardia remains closed as investigations continue. | David J Harris Jr.

This is a video of the incident

 

Air traffic controllers have been short staffed and over worked for decades.