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2 LaGuardia air traffic controllers left work an hour early before deadly crash, AP source says - AP News

Published by Associated Press By Josh Funk · 29 August 2026 at 01:04
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2 LaGuardia air traffic controllers left work an hour early before deadly crash, AP source says - AP News
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Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots. A government official familiar with th…

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