National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters at LaGuardia that the controller would be one part of the investigation by the independent federal agency, which would "rule nothing out." "It’s pretty traumatic for that air traffic controller as well," she said. "We'll want to interview that air traffic controller as well as others that were in the tower or maybe not even in the tower." US air safety experts said communications between the plane that was landing, the controller and the trucks would be key areas of the investigation. (Reuters)Air crashes typically are caused by multiple factors and the NTSB said it had recovered the Air Canada Express jet's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder for analysis.

Source: The Telegraph March 24, 2026 04:35 UTC