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Deadly LaGuardia Airport crash: Runway safety system 'did not alert,' NTSB says

3 months ago by fne8w2ah to c/aviation

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Two people were in the LaGuardia Airport air traffic control tower cab when an Air Canada jet collided with a Port Authority airport vehicle.
Canopyflyer 3 points 3 months ago

According to the NTSB report the truck that was hit did not have a ADS-B installed. My question is why in the world is such system not mandatory for all vehicles present on such a busy airfield? Seems like an ADS-B transceiver would be a rounding error in the cost of the airport's day to day costs.

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HK65 1 point 3 months ago

Fuck. I imagine it's as the NTSB says, many things, but all of them go back to stupid cost cuts.

Come to think of it, I haven't heard anything good about US airports recently.

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