2 La Guardia air traffic controllers left work an hour early before deadly crash, AP source says
Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s La Guardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots, according to a government official familiar with the investigation.
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2 La Guardia air traffic controllers left work an hour early before deadly crash, AP source says
Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s La Guardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing...