The difficulties of reaching the crash site at LaGuardia Airport have been revealed.
The federal officials charged with investigating the fatal crash at LaGuardia Airport have had their vital work delayed by the partial government shutdown. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent body with oversight authority over FAA investigations, began arriving in New York on Monday after Sunday evening’s tragic accident.
The collision between a Jazz Aviation flight operating on behalf of Air Canada and a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle at LaGuardia Airport killed two pilots and left dozens injured. However, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said at a Monday press conference that key investigators have struggled to reach the crash scene.“We have one of our air traffic control specialists who was in line with TSA for three hours until we called in Houston to beg to see if we can get her through, so we can get her here,” Homendy said. “So it’s been a really, really big challenge to get the entire team here, and they’re still arriving as I speak,” she added. TSA delays have caused commuter chaos at airports across the country. Staff have not been paid since February’s shutdown. ICE agents have been deployed at airports to provide additional security and shorten TSA screening queues.
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