Thousands of travelers faced delays at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday as storms around the country threatened to disrupt a busy Labor Day weekend travel period.
The FAA will equip all of its airport vehicles with transponders after a deadly March 22 crash at LaGuardia Airport exposed gaps in the nation's airfield surveillance systems.
Experts say that a tracking device on airport ground vehicles could have helped prevent the deadly crash between a Port Authority fire truck and an Air Canada plane last month at LaGuardia Airport.
The tracking devices have been recommended by FAA and were highlighted by NTSB in its preliminary report on the crash between an Air Canada plane and a Port Authority fire truck.
The report indicates a crew member on the fire truck heard a warning to stop but did not know the warning was for him.
Investigators of the deadly plane collision at LaGuardia on March 22nd are looking into multiple issues, including air traffic staffing and duties. An NTSB report from 1997 shows controllers may have violated longtime procedures.