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world Cbc World 2026-03-24

Air Traffic Controller Urgently Warns of Crash Hours Before Deadly Accident

A recording obtained by investigators shows an air traffic controller repeatedly telling a fire truck to stop before an Air Canada plane crashed into the vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots.


<img alt="plane on runway after crash" height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/52f6663b-31ab-4126-a6e9-4df069d3cd19,1774250897164/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C151%2C2892%2C1626%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle after landing in New York." width="620" /><p>Moments before an Air Canada plane collided with a ground vehicle a...

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