LaGuardia air traffic controllers left work early before deadly collision, source says

Two air traffic controllers at LaGuardia Airport in New York left work early on the night of a deadly runway collision in March, a government source familiar with the situation told CBS News on Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is in the process of trying to fire those two controllers for leaving their shifts earlier than scheduled because the agency considers it timecard fraud, the source said.

Just before midnight on March 22, an Air Canada Express plane arriving at LaGuardia collided with a fire truck on the runway…

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