LaGuardia Air Traffic Controllers Under Scrutiny Over Crash That Killed 2 Pilots
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LaGuardia Air Traffic Controllers Under Scrutiny Over Crash That Killed 2 Pilots

Sep 1st, 2026 • 5 min • View Source

Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots, according …

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