Control tower audio captures moments before La Guardia plane crash – audio

The audio from a control tower at New York's La Guardia airport captured the moments before a plane collided with a fire truck while landing. An air traffic controller could be heard on a radio transmission at La Guardia airport giving clearance to a vehicle to cross part of the runway, then trying to stop it. The pilot and co-pilot of the Air Canada Express regional jet died after the collision which also caused serious injuries, with nine people in the hospital. The airport was closed after the incident