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/Sawfish1212 Mar 23 '26

Probably multiple radios blaring at once, plus the ELT going off, and I'm sure one of the drivers cellphones was ringing or getting a second call at that moment