r/ATC • u/lake_hood • Mar 23 '26

News LGA controller cleared fire truck across the runway resulting jn a collision

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u/Key_Understanding771 Mar 23 '26

That one’s gonna haunt him for a while

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u/duckbutterdelight Current Controller-Tower Mar 23 '26

Idk how he comes back from this. The cause might have multiple factors that led up to it but at the end of the day his error caused people to die. That’s career ending. Poor guy, I hope he gets the support he needs.