greg
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greg
@gregcolumbus
Ret USAF Heavies Pro Super




NTSB: The midnight shift was operating under standard operating procedures at the time of the accident. There were two people in the tower cab, the local controller and the controller in charge. The local controller signed on at 22:45 local time. The controller in charge clocked in at 22:30. It is not clear who was conducting the duties of the ground controller, and there is conflicting information, the NTSB said. NTSB chair Homendy also mentions the truck that had requested to cross the runway. "We do know there were other vehicles behind truck 1 that did not cross the runway." She says truck 1 did not have a transponder. The final 10 seconds of the CVR: 10 seconds - An electronic "10" call out was heard 9 seconds - The tower instructed truck one to stop 8 seconds - A sound consistent with the aircraft's landing gear touching down on the runway 6 seconds - Pilot transfer of controls from one pilot to the other 4 seconds - Tower again instructs the truck to stop moving 0 seconds - Recording ends NTSB chair Homendy says the ASDE-X, a surveillance system at the airport using radar and other technology, did not generate an alert due to the close proximity of vehicles merging on the runway. She adds that runway status lights were functioning as normal. youtube.com/watch?v=SxDklY…



NTSB will hold a media briefing today at 1:30 p.m. ET on the March 22 collision involving Air Canada Express Flight 8646 (Jazz Aviation, CRJ-900) and a firefighting vehicle on Runway 4 at LaGuardia Airport. 📍 LaGuardia Airport Terminal B upper-level corridor connecting Terminal B with the Terminal B parking garage. Livestream link available here: youtube.com/live/SxDklYVki…



















