LaGuardia Pilots Warn of Decades of Close Calls and Control Confusion
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Pilots at New York’s LaGuardia have long highlighted miscommunications and near-misses with ground vehicles amid complex taxi instructions, a pattern echoed in FAA data showing at least 132 runway incursions since 2000 and more than 120 anonymous NASA safety reports; notable incidents include a 2015 near-miss with a snowplow, a 2024 taxi clearance mishap, a current NTSB-investigated taxiway collision, and a deadly crash earlier this week between an Air Canada Express jet and a fire truck, prompting calls for action.
Topics:business#air-traffic-control#laguardia#nasa-asrs#runway-incursions#safety-reporting#transportation
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