Harrowing audio from the air traffic control tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport revealed how a controller tried to stop the fatal collision that claimed the lives of two people and closed one of the nation’s busiest airports.
The Air Canada Express flight from Montreal carrying 76 passengers crashed into a Port Authority fire truck on the runway at the Queens airport late Sunday. The pilot and co-pilot were both killed when the plane collided with the truck, which was on the runway responding to a separate emergency.
