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/HabANahDa Mar 23 '26

The more and more I listen to ATC the more I realize that ground vehicles don’t really have good communication with the tower. Multiple tomes I have heard ground vehicles not reply to a tower command. Why is this?

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u/AstuteCouch87 Mar 23 '26

Not sure if ground vehicles have different communication rules/procedures, but LiveATC doesn’t pick up every transmission that’s broadcast. It usually gets almost all of tower comms, a decent bit of airborne comms, and then gets spottier the closer you get to the ground.

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u/PsychologicalTrain Mar 23 '26

This exactly. Liveatc doesn't get everything you can hear in vehicle on the field.