A government official has reported that two air traffic controllers at New York's LaGuardia Airport may face termination for abandoning their posts approximately one hour before their scheduled shift ended. The incident took place on the same night that an Air Canada aircraft collided with a fire truck that was crossing the runway. The collision resulted in the deaths of both pilots involved in the incident.

While the report links the early departure of the controllers to the night of the accident, the specific causal connection between the controllers' absence and the runway collision remains under investigation. Authorities are currently reviewing whether the staffing levels in the tower at the time of the crash contributed to the failure to prevent the fire truck from entering the active runway. The potential firing of the controllers highlights significant concerns regarding oversight and adherence to safety protocols at one of the nation's busiest airports.