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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

FAA is pushing to fire LaGuardia air traffic controllers who left before deadly plane collision

The Federal Aviation Administration is pushing to fire two air traffic controllers who left work early before an Air Canada jet crashed into a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport in March, according to a report.

The two controllers left work about an hour before their shifts officially ended on March 22, leaving the two remaining controllers at LaGuardia with a heavier workload, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

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