"The National Transportation Safety Board will determine what went wrong before Sunday's crash that killed both pilots and injured dozens of others. One of the two air traffic controllers on duty that night cleared the fire truck to cross the runway just 12 seconds before the plane carrying 76 people touched down."
"Surface tracking systems have prevented numerous crashes. LaGuardia is one of 35 major airports nationwide that have Airport Surface Detection Systems known as ASDE-X that combine radar data with information from transponders inside planes and ground vehicles."
"The system will also sound an alarm in the tower when it anticipates a potential collision. Just last fall the NTSB credited that warning system with preventing a private jet from running into a Southwest Airlines plane on a runway in San Diego in August 2023."
An Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport during landing, resulting in the deaths of both pilots and injuries to many others. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident, which occurred after an air traffic controller cleared the truck to cross the runway just 12 seconds before the plane landed. The airport utilizes Airport Surface Detection Systems to track vehicles and planes, which have previously prevented accidents. Investigators are examining the wreckage and interviewing involved personnel to determine contributing factors.
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