US officials downplay controller ‘distraction’ in New York crash

US officials on Tuesday played down speculation that distracted air traffic controllers might have contributed to a deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Two pilots were killed in the runway crash late Sunday, which crushed the cockpit of the Bombardier plane and heavily damaged […] The post US officials downplay controller ‘distraction’ in New York crash appeared first on Digital Journal.