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yardwork

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11. This is a systems failure.

Reply to dawn5651 (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:14 PM

10 hrs ago

Our air traffic control system is so poor there is no room for human error. That's unsustainable because sooner or later human error is inevitable. Strong systems build in failsafe measures so that a single human error doesn't end in catastrophe.

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Live updates: 2 dead after Air Canada plane, fire truck collide at LaGuardia Airport [View all] malaise 19 hrs ago OP

From the link malaise 18 hrs ago #1

Ground stop: Flights halted at LaGuardia after deadly collision - Morning Joe - MS NOW Rhiannon12866 17 hrs ago #2

Too sad malaise 17 hrs ago #3

Thanks! How horrible! Rhiannon12866 17 hrs ago #4

from what the cbc is reporting is the air traffic controller tried to get the fire truck to stop and from what we dawn5651 16 hrs ago #5

Too sad malaise 16 hrs ago #6

agreed. this hadn't happened by the time i went to bed last nite ...this story was the first story i saw when i dawn5651 13 hrs ago #9

Sees like flying has become less safe multigraincracker 16 hrs ago #7

It sure has. We're all less safe under Trump. yardwork 16 hrs ago #8

bottom line is the air traffic controller made a massive mistake and dawn5651 12 hrs ago #10

This is a systems failure. yardwork 10 hrs ago #11

it may be a system failure but the video i saw shows that that fire truck went right out in to the air canada express dawn5651 10 hrs ago #12

Check out this story. No paywall: yardwork 10 hrs ago #13

all i can say is jesus h. christ. dawn5651 10 hrs ago #14