Pilots warned of LaGuardia Airport safety issues months before deadly runway collision
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Summary
The article reveals that pilots had filed multiple safety concerns about LaGuardia Airport months before a deadly runway collision that killed two pilots and injured 41 people. According to NASA's aviation safety reporting system, pilots warned about air traffic controllers failing to provide appropriate guidance about nearby aircraft and expressed concerns about the increasing pace of operations at the busy New York airport. The reports show repeated warnings of close calls preceding the fatal crash.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledPilot safety concerns about New York's LaGuardia airport were filed to aviation officials months before Sunday's collision between an airplane and a fire truck left two pilots dead and 41 other people hospitalized.
According to the aviation safety reporting system administered by the US space agency Nasa, a pilot using the airport in the summer wrote, 'Please do something,' after air traffic controllers failed to provide appropriate guidance about multiple nearby aircraft.
'The pace of operations is building in LGA,' they wrote, referring to the New York City airport, one of the busiest in the U
Nasa reports show repeated warnings of close calls before crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 others
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