FAA Is Investigating if Another Jet’s Issue Distracted LaGuardia Air Traffic Controller
Two controllers were said to be working at LaGuardia Airport’s control center at the time of the crash that killed two pilots, and one had been dealing with an odor on a United Airlines plane. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Airlines and Airplanes
Topics: LaGuardia, plane, Airlines, United, dealing, pilots, killed, crash, center, control, Airport’s, working, controllers, Controller, Traffic, Distracted, Issue, Jet’s, Another, Investigating
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/nyregion/faa-air-traffic-controller-laguardia-crash.html