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Breakdown of what happened at Laguardia airport accident (Original Post) Swede 9 hrs ago OP
I'm so Sorry about what happened Cha 9 hrs ago #1
Right. He was given permission to cross runway...problem one...but. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #3
There has been some discussion regarding the communication system... Spazito 9 hrs ago #5
Interesting. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #8
Whoa... TY for that info, Spatzito... Cha 9 hrs ago #9
Thank you! Spazito 8 hrs ago #10
Aww... Mahalo, Spazito💔 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜 Cha 8 hrs ago #12
Yes, those are the important questions.. Cha 9 hrs ago #6
The ATC had cleared the AIr Canada flight to land on that runway. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #7
Oh good Grief! I bet he's feeling Cha 8 hrs ago #11
Tragic. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #15
Technically D_Master81 9 hrs ago #4
Right... I'm finding out more about it now.. Cha 8 hrs ago #13
Was this guy handling too much? Understaffing? yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #2
NTSB Press Conference just started malaise 8 hrs ago #14
Outstanding explanation. Wonder Why 8 hrs ago #16

Cha

(318,799 posts)
1. I'm so Sorry about what happened
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 05:42 PM
9 hrs ago

to the Canadian Pilots. ..

I've been following this since last night.. It sounds like it was the Firetruck's fault for not "stopping"?

Mahalo for this, Swede

yellow dahlia

(5,784 posts)
3. Right. He was given permission to cross runway...problem one...but.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 05:50 PM
9 hrs ago

Should he have double checked visually? Why didn't he react quicker when the ATC said stop?

Spazito

(55,426 posts)
5. There has been some discussion regarding the communication system...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:00 PM
9 hrs ago

that is in use and that it is possible the firetruck did not hear the repeated calls to stop. It had something to do with how the tower communicates with other systems in use. This was discussed on Canadian news, the CBC News Network, this morning. This is from an article on the CBC site:

"We seem to have three people that needed to know what's going on, or actually four different entities, and we don't hear any co-ordination among them," Mary Schiavo, the former U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general, told CBC News Network Monday morning."

"There are three people communicating but not with each other."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-crash-what-happened-9.7138331

Cha

(318,799 posts)
9. Whoa... TY for that info, Spatzito...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:15 PM
9 hrs ago
"We seem to have three people that needed to know what's going on, or actually four different entities, and we don't hear any co-ordination among them," Mary Schiavo, the former U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general, told CBC News Network Monday morning."

I'm Sorry about the Canadian Pilots.

Spazito

(55,426 posts)
10. Thank you!
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:20 PM
8 hrs ago

We are all shocked and saddened by this tragic accident. Our Canadian TSB will be working with the NTSB to figure out what happened and what is needed to be done so this doesn't happen again and I do have trust they will do that.

Cha

(318,799 posts)
6. Yes, those are the important questions..
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:03 PM
9 hrs ago

and I hope they get to the bottom of this, Truthfully.

It does seem like it wasn't just the Firemen's fault ... it started with the ATC not being aware that Air Canada was coming in for a Landing?

yellow dahlia

(5,784 posts)
7. The ATC had cleared the AIr Canada flight to land on that runway.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:06 PM
9 hrs ago

It seems he was managing too much at once. Less than a minute later - he told the firetruck to cross that same runway.

Cha

(318,799 posts)
11. Oh good Grief! I bet he's feeling
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:25 PM
8 hrs ago

bad.

Then we have Duffy out there spinning and gaslighting to cover up any blame that could be their Fault.. per your OP.. DOGE.

D_Master81

(2,548 posts)
4. Technically
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 05:51 PM
9 hrs ago

But they were given the go ahead by the tower so why wouldn’t they go?

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