Warning system failed to activate before deadly LaGuardia Airport collision, NTSB says

The National Transportation Safety Board determined that runway surveillance technology designed to prevent collisions failed to activate before a plane and fire-rescue truck collided at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, resulting in fatalities. The system, known as a runway incursion warning system, is intended to alert pilots and ground crews to potential hazards on active runways. The failure represents a breakdown in a critical safety layer meant to prevent exactly this type of accident. The NTSB's findings will likely prompt an investigation into why the warning system did not function as designed and whether procedural or equipment failures contributed to the collision. The incident underscores the importance of such automated safety systems in preventing disasters at one of the nation's busiest airports.