An air traffic controller was juggling extra roles during the LaGuardia plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board expressed concerns about air traffic controllers working the midnight shift taking on extra duties at LaGuardia Airport, a notably congested airspace. The NTSB raised these issues in connection with a plane crash at the airport, suggesting that juggling multiple roles during low-staffing hours may have contributed to operational challenges. The agency's findings point to potential systemic problems in how the FAA manages controller workload during overnight operations at one of the nation's busiest airports.