Heart-pounding audio captured the frantic moments before Sunday’s fatal collision involving an Air Canada passenger plane and a firefighting truck at LaGuardia airport – with one air traffic controller admitting after they “messed up.”
Air traffic controllers urged an incoming plane to go around as the crash unfolded on the ground, which killed the jet’s pilot and co-pilot, according to LiveATC audio.
The truck was cleared to cross the airport’s Runway 4 before air traffic controllers urged a Frontier plane bound for Miami and the vehicle to stop.
“Stop, stop, stop, stop,” the controller frantically demanded. “Truck one, stop, stop, stop. Stop Truck 1. Stop.”
The controller ordered Delta flight 2603, en-route from Detroit, to go around before turning back to the Air Canada plane — a Jazz Aviation operated flight which touched down from Montreal.
“Jazz 646, I see you collided with the vehicle. Just hold position. I know you can’t move. Vehicles are responding to you now,” the air traffic controller said.
“Yeah, I tried to reach out to ‘em.. And we were dealing with an emergency and I messed up,” the controller replied.
“No, you did the best you could,” Frontier crews said, trying to reassure the air traffic controller.
Officials told ABC News 11 passengers on the Air Canada plane and 2 first responders were hospitalized.
Moments before the smash, United 2384 pilots aborted a takeoff due to an anti-ice warning light appearing on the dash, according to CBS News.
Pilots reported an odor in the cabin which caused flight attendants to feel ill.
LaGuardia airport has been closed until 2 p.m. and National Transportation Safety Board officials are set to arrive on site Monday.
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