LaGuardia Accident Spotlights Runway Collision Avoidance Systems

LGA runway collision

Investigators will analyze the roles two seemingly operational surface safety systems played in the accident.

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The fire truck that collided with a landing regional jet at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on March 22 rolled through one automated runway collision warning system and lacked a key piece of equipment that would have made a second surface risk warning system more effective, preliminary information...
Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

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