Most of the answers to that are emerging. It wasn't closed. There was another plane with a "odd fuel leak smell' they parked at the far end of the tarmac to send a fire crew to. The two airport fire safety folks responded and were checking it out, and the local FD truck showed up and they were let in and told to follow another car.
The super understaffed ATC either missed or didn't get the notice - or the guy in the lead car didn't radio he was there - they're still figuring that part out. But he drove right across the runway and the plane landed right into the FD Truck.
About working late night hours, at LGA tons of people do, it's a massive airport and they were responding to a possible fire.
The runway was closed from what I gather so the flight crew didn't get the message.
I really want to know who was flying the plane.
Also why the hell was a fire truck on the runway?
Who works late night hours on a runway?
Most of the answers to that are emerging. It wasn't closed. There was another plane with a "odd fuel leak smell' they parked at the far end of the tarmac to send a fire crew to. The two airport fire safety folks responded and were checking it out, and the local FD truck showed up and they were let in and told to follow another car.
The super understaffed ATC either missed or didn't get the notice - or the guy in the lead car didn't radio he was there - they're still figuring that part out. But he drove right across the runway and the plane landed right into the FD Truck.
About working late night hours, at LGA tons of people do, it's a massive airport and they were responding to a possible fire.
this is the most important question of those you asked, in my opinion
was there even anyone IN the fire truck or was it rc-car'd onto the runway