LaGuardia Crash: NTSB Analyzes Recorders

0:00It's March 24th, from your city to your ears. This is Canada News Today, powered by AI. Investigators are examining a collision at New York's LaGuardia airport, where an air Canada jet hit a fire truck during landing late Sunday night. The flight for Montreal carried 72 passengers and four crew members. The two pilots died in the crash, marking the first fatal incident at the airport in 34 years, while several passengers suffered injuries but, most escaped safely. Adding to the probe, teens are reviewing the cockpit voice recorder and activity in the control tower, right before impact. This comes amid growing headaches for US air travel, with long security lines from the government shutdown, winter storms, and higher costs. Frustrating travelers everywhere. At the airport, reactions focused on the quick escape of survivors, including a flight attendant who was thrown from the plane, but lived after being. Trapped in her seat, the port authority noted the pilots were based in Canada, and officials

1:01praised the overall response that limited further harm. New details show crews recovered the cockpit and flight data recorders by cutting through the plane's roof, then rushed them to the national. Transportation Safety Board Lab in Washington for analysis. The NCSB chair said they'll sift through plenty of debris from the site. Flights restarted at LaGuardia on Monday, but the involved runway stayed closed Tuesday, with hours long delays expected to linger for days, as the investigation continues.