CarolynMar 23

Pilots dead, a stewardess ejected onto the runway, that leaves 1 of 4 crew possibly able to help passengers. The stories we hear later are likely to be of chaos.

The air traffic controller. The guilt.

Hopefully no more than 2 dead. Earlier reports only focused on the critically injured people in the fire truck and we don’t know the status of passengers still in the hospital.

Should’ve been a milk run. Awful.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/air-canada-express-accident-la-guardia-airport-9.7138206

Air traffic controller heard telling truck to stop moments before deadly Air Canada crash | CBC News

Moments before an Air Canada plane collided with a ground vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport — killing two of its pilots — an air traffic controller is heard on the radio urgently telling the fire truck to stop and not cross the runway, using the word "stop" at least ten times.

CBC
Show threadCarolynMar 23

The first passenger interview I've seen.

They, or at least enough, stayed cool, and because there were no crew to guide them, took it upon themselves to open the emergency doors and get out.

This guy credits the pilots for a quick response with braking, thinking it likely saved more lives.

"“At the time, it was OK, but then around 4 or 5 in the morning, when the adrenalin had worn off a bit, we realized that this doesn’t happen every day.”"

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/2-people-killed-in-collision-between-jet-and-vehicle-at-new-yorks-laguardia-airport-source-says/

Two pilots flying Air Canada jet killed in crash at LaGuardia Airport

An Air Canada jet carrying 76 people touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing its two pilots and injuring many more.

CTVNews
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Mar 23
@CStamp
I don't understand how an air traffic controller could make such a terrible error because they are trained to cope with a lot ...
*Many* decades ago, I used to know one who worked in BC. One day his ill wife called and told me he forgot his wallet at home and asked me to drive to the airport. I took it up the tower to him, and upon my opening the door he spun around so quickly his chair tipped backward, hit the floor, and while laying there with his feet in the air, his voice didn't skip a beat as he looked up and continued speaking to a pilot.
Now that takes concentration, discipline, and the ability to remain calm despite what's happening in one's surroundings.
Show threadCarolynMar 23
@SnowyCA It's a job in which a split second mistake can cost lives. We don't know the circumstances, so I won't pass judgement. I am sure more information will come out in the coming weeks. I don't want to image the torment he is feeling.
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Mar 23
@CStamp
I'm not judging, I'm saying it's unusual for such an awful mistake.
Show threadCarolyn
@SnowyCA Yeah.
Mar 23 at 6:11pmWeb
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Mar 23
@CStamp
I should have added, "thankfully"