The air traffic communications will be a part of their probe. The exchange happened with a Frontier Airlines pilot waiting to return to the gate who saw the crash. Prior to the crash, the controller can also be heard on the air traffic control recordings frantically trying to stop the truck from crossing the runway. Stop truck 1. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association – the labor union representing controllers – did not comment when reached by CNN.

Source: CNN March 23, 2026 12:21 UTC