# Two LaGuardia air traffic controllers left early before deadly crash, AP source says

https://mins.news/en/item/36655

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-29 13:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4wVZ2HA

> Two air traffic controllers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport left the tower about an hour early on the night an Air Canada jet struck a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots. They could be fired, an AP source says.

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