Federal aviation safety officials are expressing worries about air traffic controllers taking on additional duties during overnight hours at one of the nation’s busiest airports following a recent aircraft collision at LaGuardia.
The National Transportation Safety Board has indicated concerns regarding controllers working the late-night shift while simultaneously handling extra responsibilities in an airspace as congested as LaGuardia Airport’s.
The safety board’s comments come as investigators continue examining the circumstances surrounding a collision between an Air Canada Express aircraft and a Port Authority fire truck that occurred Sunday evening at the New York airport.
Maintenance crews were seen Tuesday inspecting the damaged aircraft wreckage located near the runway where the incident took place.
