2 LaGuardia air traffic controllers left work an hour early before deadly crash, AP source says
Two air traffic controllers at LaGuardia Airport left their posts early on the night of a deadly Air Canada crash. The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to fire them based on the investigation into what happened.
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