Port Authority to Install Tracker Not Used During Deadly LaGuardia Crash
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will install trackers on rescue vehicles at its three major airports after a deadly collision between a fire truck and an Air Canada Express jet at LaGuardia Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board highlighted the fire truck's lack of a transponder in a preliminary report on the crash.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will install trackers on rescue vehicles at its three major airports after investigators faulted the agency for not having the recommended devices on a fire truck during a deadly collision with a jet at LaGuardia Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board highlighted the fire truck's lack of a transponder in a preliminary report on the crash. The device would have connected with an existing automatic warning system, alerting controllers to the impending collision with an Air Canada Express jet. The Port Authority recognized that 'transponder technology can provide an additional layer of visibility on top of existing surface-surveillance systems.' The crash occurred on March 22 when the fire truck entered a runway just before the Air Canada jet landed and crashed into it, killing the plane's two pilots.
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