LaGuardia air traffic controllers left work early on night of deadly Air Canada jet and fire truck collision: report

Source: New York Post

Two air traffic controllers left work early the night an Air Canada regional jet smashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport, killing two people in March, according to reports. The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fire the two controllers who left work about an hour before their shifts ended on March 22 — leaving two remaining controllers to handle more than twice the usual volume of traffic on the night of the deadly collision, the Wall Street Journal first reported. 3 Two air traffic controllers left early on the night an Air Canada regional jet collided with a fire truck on a runway at LaGuardia Airport.