LaGuardia Close Call: Fire Truck vs Jet

0:00A new preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board sheds light on that close call at LaGuardia Airport back in March, when in air. Canada expressed jet, smashed into a fire truck on the runway. The plane, run by Jazz Aviation and carrying 76 folks, was lining up to land on runway 4 while the truck was crossing it after getting the, okay, from air traffic control. The fire truck crew was rushing to handle a weird odor reported on the United Flight, so they asked for and got clearance to cut across the active runway. But right after, controllers started yelling stop, stop, stop over the radio, and one even admitted later, I messed up while chatting with another pilot. The truck driver heard the warnings, but wasn't sure they were for him at first, and by the time he figured it out, they were already on the runway, turning left. That's when he spotted the jet's lights closing in fast, no time to react. The report also points out those red lights meant to warn about an active runway were flashing before the hit, adding another layer to what went wrong.

1:04Investigators are still piecing it together, but these details show how split-second confusion turned routine ops into chaos. That's the story for today. Canada News, today, driven by AI, I'm Corey, with the story.