FAA adding transponders to its all airport vehicles after Air Canada plane's deadly LaGuardia runway crash

May 14, 2026 - 00:00
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FAA adding transponders to its all airport vehicles after Air Canada plane's deadly LaGuardia runway crash
Personnel of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) inspect the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

The agency in charge of aviation safety in the U.S. says all of its airport vehicles will be equipped with technology to help air-traffic controllers track their movements, a move expedited by the deadly crash in March involving an Air Canada jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport.