NTSB confirms fire truck lacked equipment to trigger runway warning system before LaGuardia crash
The U.S. safety board confirmed that a National Transportation Safety Board investigation found the responding vehicle in Monday's deadly collision at New York-LaGuardie Airport was missing essential gear required for automatic alerting systems, which explains why no alarm sounded moments prior impact with an Air Canada jet and another aircraft.
Key Points
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1The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) states that the NTSB confirmed there was no runway warning system alarm before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
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2Federal investigators determined that both parties lacked specific equipment necessary to trigger or receive warnings: The plane had insufficient transponder data, while the ground vehicle (fire rescue) completely missed having one.
Developments
Federal investigators stated that a collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York-LaGuardie Airport was not prevented because the vehicle's lack of transponder caused its failure. NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy noted this as evidence for why airport ground vehicles should be equipped with such devices, even though no official recommendation currently exists to mandate them on all surface traffic.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) states that an Air Canada jet collided with LaGuardia Airport fire truck because it lacked equipment to trigger runway warning systems. While investigators are still reviewing data regarding pilot actions and controller workload, they have noted the absence of a transponder on the vehicle as part of their inquiry into why safety alarms failed before impact occurred at night