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Air Canada Express jet hits ground vehicle, closing New York's LaGuardia airport (www.reuters.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/world
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[–] 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I thought this was gonna be some classic NYC crud after a wing struck like maybe the radio antenna but nah it's actually a hard collision lol.

    Pilots did not survive :/

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    • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    The news channel said that the fire truck was manned by police officers, citing sources. It had earlier said ⁠a sergeant and an officer had broken limbs and were in stable condition at a hospital.

    Typical, idiot pigs driving on an active runway

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Why is police driving a fire truck anyway? (And that's without even asking what the fuck they were doing on a runway)

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Based pilot, making the world a better place.

    Three cheers for this hero!

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    • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    How do I @everyone subbed to fuckCars?

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    simply crosspost it there, but why c/fuckcars?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Because a car hit a plane.

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    • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Not looking to assign blame, just trying to understand what happened...

    I get how a pilot in a plane has little visibility and even less maneuverability on the ground, but how does the driver in the firetruck not see or avoid a jet?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Trust in the person who has eyes on everything. It's unfortunate they were the only atc working.

    More nuanced answer is probably something along the lines of compliance and blind trust in what the atc says but no validation on their part. Focus on getting to their call instead of looking both ways. Also I have no idea what an airplane looks like coming down the runway at night with all the other lights. Also also poor estimation of speed of an object coming right at you. That last ones the same issue people have with trains when they try to beat the train over the tracks.

    I can only make an educated guess why there was only one atc at that time but I'm sure it'll turn political soon if it hasn't already.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    How many does this make it now in the last year? The plane crashing with the military helicopter in DC, there was a near miss of planes almost crashing as a landing plane had to abort a landing, I feel like I'm forgetting one or two here.

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