Wall Street Journal
• Andrew Tangel
The FAA is moving to fire two air traffic controllers who allegedly left their LaGuardia shifts early before an Air Canada Express aircraft collided with an airport fire truck on March 22, killing both pilots. The controllers are among roughly a dozen facing action in a timecard-fraud inquiry.
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The FAA is moving to dismiss two air-traffic controllers who allegedly left their shifts early before an Air Canada Express aircraft collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in March, according to people familiar with the matter. The collision was fatal.
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The FAA is moving to fire two air traffic controllers who allegedly left their LaGuardia shifts early before an Air Canada Express aircraft collided with an airport fire truck on March 22, killing both pilots. The controllers are among roughly a dozen facing action in a timecard-fraud inquiry.
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