Delta Pilots Narrowly Avoid LaGuardia Disaster

0:00A Delta flight heading into New York's LaGuardia airport nearly spelled trouble when the pilots tuned into the wrong control tower frequency, chatting with folks at nearby JFK instead. On final approach from Reagan National, the crew of Republic Airways Flight 5752 figured it out and made conversation, switched over quick, looped around and touched down safe. Pilots sounded stunned in the audio, one calling it crazy, while a top aviation expert called the mix-up super-rare after decades in the cockpit. Without proper clearance, landing blind like that could have been a nightmare, but they caught it in time to learn and tighten procedures. A week earlier, an air-candidate jet smashed into a fire truck right on LaGuardia's runway, killing both pilots and hurting dozens more, sharp reminder. Why these close calls demand zero slip-ups? That's your update from Canada News Today, powered by AI.