it comes too late for Air Canada Express pilots Antoine Forest, 30, Mackenzie Gunther, 24, but LaGuardia airport is installing ASDE-X transponders on fire and rescue vehicles that could help prevent future aviation tragedies
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ntsb-laguardia-air-canada-crash-transponders-9.7181799

Trackers for emergency vehicles on runways to be installed at New York area airports after deadly crash | CBC News
Transponders that might have helped pinpoint the location of a fire truck that collided with a landing Air Canada jet in New York will soon be installed on ground vehicles at the region's three major airports.











