LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash

<p>Nasa reports show repeated warnings of close calls before crash that killed two pilots and injured 41 others</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox</a></p></li></ul><p>Pilot safety concerns about New York’s LaGuardia airport were filed to aviation officials months before Sunday’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/air-canada-plane-collides-with-ground-vehicle-at-new-yorks-laguardia-airport-halting-all-flights">collision</a> between an airplane and a firetruck left two pilots dead and 41 other people hospitalized.</p><p>According to the <a href="https://akama.arc.nasa.gov/ASRSDBOnline/QueryWizard_Display.aspx?server=ASRSO">aviation safety reporting system</a> administered by the US space agency Nasa, a pilot using the airport in the summer wrote, “Please do something,” after air traffic controllers failed to provide appropriate guidance about multiple nearby aircraft.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/laguardia-airplane-pilots-safety-concerns-crash">Continue reading...</a>