By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, CNN(CNN) — Pilots have raised concerns about miscommunication, air traffic control missteps and other hazards at LaGuardia Airport, according to a CNN review of government records for the past two years. On Sunday, two pilots were killed and dozens of passengers were injured at LaGuardia airport when an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck in a high-speed runway collision. An air traffic controller had cleared the fire truck to cross the runway and frantically tried to stop it at the last minute, but it was too late. In December 2024, for example, a report to the NASA database described how a plane came dangerously close to another aircraft on the ground because of inaccurate instructions from air traffic controllers. Given the chronic understaffing of air traffic control facilities and previous government shutdowns, reports of near misses and concerns about safety are not uncommon about airspaces and runways around the country, other data from the safety reporting system shows.

Source: CNN March 24, 2026 10:19 UTC