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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by _moof on Monday March 23, 2026 @02:47PM (#47493549)
I have over 1,000 hours as PIC in the NY area alone, in all seasons and all weather, and I was in the region last night, awake when the accident happened. LGA was reporting 4SM -RA BR FEW045 BKN090 OVC110 at the time of the accident. The weather wasn't anywhere close to what I'd call "bad" here. Sprinkles and some high clouds.

I can almost guarantee you the airplane was visible from taxiway D.

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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by cpncrunch on Monday March 23, 2026 @05:02PM (#47495071)
You can also see from the videos that they could have easily seen the plane.
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Re:Jazz CRJ9 at New York on Mar 22nd 2026, collision with fi... by russdill on Monday March 23, 2026 @06:30PM (#47496025)
I want to agree, and it almost certainly seems like the case but visibility can be vary widely by position. So just because the camera was about as far away from the collision as the plane would have been when the truck was entering the runway, it doesn't mean the plane was visible to the firetruck.
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