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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Funk

The safety system that failed to prevent deadly runway collision at LaGuardia

The systems in place at New York's LaGuardia Airport to prevent ground collisions failed to keep an Air Canada jet from smashing into a fire truck that had just pulled out on the runway as the plane was landing.

The National Transportation Safety Board will determine what went wrong before Sunday's crash that killed both pilots and injured dozens of others.

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