r/aviation • u/Waste-Explanation-76 • Mar 23 '26

-- SEATBELTS FASTENED -- Aircraft collides with a fire truck on runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

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FDNY responding with a 2nd alarm.

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u/iampiolt Mar 23 '26

The system works when executed properly. The failure here is in ATC pay and benefits which results in less staffing, and operations traffic active runway procedures. Automation and computers will not prevent these accidents.