controller
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Authorities on Tuesday released details from the final three minutes of cockpit voice recordings and tower communications, including that controllers had cleared both the plane and a fire truck to cross the runway.
From BBC
Possible issues include the automatic runway-safety system and air controller workload.
An air traffic controller was heard saying: "'Truck One, stop, stop, stop!" seconds before the crash.
From BBC
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.
From Barron's
An air-traffic controller had cleared the vehicle to cross the runway but soon tried to halt it.
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