Federal investigators confirmed that the runway alert system at LaGuardia Airport failed to issue a warning before Air Canada Express Flight 8646 collided with a Port Authority fire truck.The crash claimed the lives of pilots Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther, while forty-one other individuals, including flight attendant Solange Tremblay, were hospitalized with various injuries.National Transportation Safety Board Chair
Jennifer Homendy explained that the surface detection system remained silent because vehicles were merging near the runway.