00:00New details from federal investigators are starting to show how the crash on the runway
00:04at LaGuardia unfolded in the final seconds before impact.
00:08About 20 seconds before the crash, the airport vehicle was cleared to cross the same runway.
00:14And roughly 9 seconds before impact, air traffic control told the vehicle to stop.
00:23But investigators say a radio transmission may have been stepped on, meaning it wasn't
00:28clearly heard. The airport's runway safety alert system also didn't trigger. A contributing factor
00:34was that the ground vehicle lacked a transponder, which is a device that helps track movement on the runway.
00:40ASDX did not generate an alert due to the close proximity of vehicles merging and unmerging
00:48near the runway, resulting in the inability to create a track of high confidence.
00:54Incidents like this are often linked to what's known as a runway incursion.
00:58When an aircraft, vehicle, or person ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time,
01:03creating a risk of collision. Sunday's crash comes amid concerns from federal aviation officials
01:08following a string of near-miss incidents at U.S. airports, prompting investigations,
01:14safety reviews, and questions from Congress. At LaGuardia, pilots had already flagged safety
01:19concerns months before the crash, including issues with runway coordinations and air traffic control.
01:25Several factors investigators and lawmakers are scrutinizing include communication breakdowns,
01:31system limitations, controller staffing shortages, and the complexity of busy airspace.
01:36That doesn't mean flying is becoming unsafe, but on the runway, even small errors can have serious
01:42consequences. And as investigators continue to piece together what happened at LaGuardia,
01:47this crash is likely to intensify the broader focus around runway safety in the U.S.
01:52earth Broadway .
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