Port Authority Tracks Ground Vehicles for Safer LaGuardia

0:00Port Authority just announced, plans to slap safety trackers on ground vehicles at LaGuardia after that deadly crash last month. On March 22nd, an air candidate express flight for Montreal slammed into a fire truck during landing, killing the two Canadian pilots and, seriously injuring six others, including passengers, a flight attendant, and the truck crew. The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report dropped last Thursday, pointing to missing transponders on ground vehicles and communication breakdowns as possible culprits. The fire truck had tower clearance across the runway, but controllers tried to halt it just seconds before impact. LaGuardia runs an advanced surface detection system called ASDEX to track planes and vehicles in real time, but it failed to warn of the collision. This time, tower folks stayed in touch with the truck right up to the crash, showing how emergency responses can get messy, with multiple vehicles moving fast. Now the port authorities expanding transponder tech across their airports to boost visibility

1:02on top of what's already there. Chief Combs Officer James Allen says it adds another layer to prevent these close calls. This move comes as investigators dig deeper into how all these safety layers mesh in the heat of the moment, pushing for smarter ground ops at busy, hubs like LaGuardia. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.