Truck in LaGuardia crash lacked equipment to trigger runway warning system

NEW YORK — A runway warning system failed to sound an alarm moments before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided while the plane was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, federal investigators said Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said during a news conference that the system didn’t work as intended because the fire truck did not have a transponder. While the NTSB hasn’t recommended that vehicles on airport grounds have transponders, they should, Homendy said. “Air traffic controllers should know what’s before them, whether it’s on airport surface or in the airspace. They should […]... Keep on reading: Truck in LaGuardia crash lacked equipment to trigger runway warning system

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