Fire Truck Lacked Transponder to Trigger Runway Alert Before LaGuardia Collision

• •The fire truck lacked a transponder needed to trigger LaGuardia's runway warning system, leaving the alert silent during the Air Canada jet's landing.
• •The NTSB said a series of failures, not a single cause, likely led to the deadly collision.
• •Investigators are reviewing the cockpit voice recorder and control tower communications from the moments before the crash.
• •Federal officials are examining whether requiring transponders on airport ground vehicles could prevent similar incidents.
• •BBC Verify reconstructed a second-by-second timeline of events preceding the collision.

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