LGA Collision Investigation, DHS Funding Standoff, MN Sues Trump Admin and more
CNN 5 Things
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, from CNN. I'm Afoma DK with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, March 24th. |
| 0:07.0 | We're learning more about Sunday's deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport. |
| 0:14.0 | The collision killed the plane's pilot and co-pilot and injured dozens of people. |
| 0:19.0 | Here's CNN's Pete Monteen. There were only two controllers in the control tower here at LaGuardia at the time of the crash. |
| 0:26.6 | But we need to clarify something now. It's not that they were doing four positions. |
| 0:30.6 | They were doing something that was standard procedure, according to NTSB Chair Jennifer |
| 0:35.6 | Homondi. One controller and one supervisor, that supervisor was also doing the role of what's called |
| 0:42.9 | clearance delivery, meaning issuing route clearances, two flights that were still on the ground. |
| 0:50.1 | That other controller is known as the local controller responsible for airplanes still in the air, |
| 0:56.2 | taking off and landing and separation on the runway. |
| 0:59.9 | But what's not clear to investigators right now is which of those two people were performing |
| 1:05.5 | the duties of the ground controller, meaning responsible for all the movements of airplanes and vehicles |
| 1:13.1 | that were still on the ground. |
| 1:15.9 | Another major finding from the National Transportation Safety Board is that the airport's |
| 1:19.5 | ground radar system didn't warn air traffic controllers about the fire truck on the runway |
| 1:24.1 | because the fire truck was missing a transponder, which is technology that helps |
| 1:28.0 | air traffic controllers identify and track vehicles on the airfield. |
| 1:32.4 | More news coming up, including the latest escalation in a clash between Minnesota leaders |
| 1:37.0 | and the Trump administration. |
| 1:41.0 | This episode is brought to you by Vanta. |
| 1:43.7 | Security and compliance done wrong is a headache. |
| 1:46.2 | Done right, you build trust and grow faster. |
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