"In that brief period, a Port Authority fire truck was cleared to cross runway 4, Frontier Flight 4195 was told to stop taxiing, Air Canada Express Flight 8646 was landing, and the fire truck was frantically told to stop-before it collided with the Air Canada flight, killing the pilot and co-pilot."
"The NTSB noted in the news conference that it has received conflicting information concerning who was covering ground control."
"Jennifer Homendy, the NTSB's chairperson, cautioned against attributing the collision to a controller being distracted. But, she said, the conditions at LaGuardia were 'a heavy workload environment.'"
"That a single controller was responsible, even for a short time, for directing so many simultaneous operations is a stark reduction in acceptable safety margins for the airport."
On March 22, a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport was cleared to cross a runway while an Air Canada flight was landing, resulting in a collision that killed the pilot and co-pilot. Two air traffic controllers were present, but it remains unclear who was responsible for ground control duties. The NTSB expressed concerns about the workload and potential fatigue during midnight shifts, highlighting the risks of having a single controller manage multiple operations simultaneously, which compromises safety margins.
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