Port Authority to install new tracking devices on fire trucks after deadly LaGuardia Airport crash
Emergency vehicles at the New York City area’s three major airports will be outfitted with new tracking devices after the NTSB highlighted a missing transponder aboard a fire truck as a contributor to last month’s deadly LaGuardia Airport plane crash. James Allen, a spokesman for Port Authority, announced Tuesday that the agency will be “expanding”...
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US News Port Authority to install new tracking devices on fire trucks after deadly LaGuardia Airport crash By Caitlin McCormack Published April 28, 2026, 9:13 p.m. ET Emergency vehicles at the New York City-area’s three major airports will be outfitted with new tracking devices after the NTSB highlighted a missing transponder aboard a fire truck as a contributor to last month’s deadly LaGuardia Airport plane crash. James Allen, a spokesman for Port Authority, announced Tuesday that the agency will be “expanding” the use of transponder technology across LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports in line with the Federal Aviation Administration’s recommendation.
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