Shirley Eugest#LGA Crash
La Guardia ground stop all flights cancelled.
Two Air Canada Express pilots killed after plane collides with fire truck at New York's La Guardia Airport. NTSB investigation underway.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c620w12y59nt
RADIO AUDIO of Air Canada Plane Crash with Fire Truck at LaGuardia
Christian RickertAre the controllers affected by the shutdown? - Shortage in staffing?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/tsa-workers-pay-shutdown
@christianrickert
It's hard to say. When Congress was playing games last November, the ATC weren't being paid. The bill stalled now for Trump's war and harassment of US citizens does contain a small raise.
TSO and TSA agents aren't being paid. ICE thugs are being paid (maybe).
https://www.afge.org/article/afge-ramps-up-pressure-to-pay-workers-as-dhs-shutdown-reaches-one-month
They have food pantries for airport workers: it's a mess!
@christianrickert
The same tower audio. I'm still looking for the one where the controller said they messed up.
From the choppy audio it sounded like he gave the fire truck clearance "Trunk One & Company cross Four and Delta" , then retracted that clearance seconds later. I wonder whether Truck One even heard that. He said "stop stop stop" to Frontier 4195 first. Then told Truck One to "stop stop stop".
The crew of the fire truck are alive, in critical condition.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Chogd1quSmo
‘Stop, stop, stop’ heard from control tower during LaGuardia Airport collision
I don't think the controller is at fault.
That "shituation" should never have been possible: A fire truck crosses a busy lane based on an okay from a single person without redundancy (see: train systems)?
La Guardia has so many structural problems, it is time to cut the traffic in half and start with future-proofing that mess during the next 5 years.