India, March 24 -- In the aftermath of the deadly LaGuardia Airport runway collision that killed two pilots and injured dozens, a key question emerged that was there only one air traffic controller managing the tower at the time?

However, New York's WNBC-TV had reported earlier on Monday, citing two sources, that one controller in the tower was handling two positions at the time of the crash. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has now debunked the claim, calling it "inaccurate."

Speaking at a news conference on Monday afternoon, Duffy confirmed that more than one air traffic controller was present in the LaGuardia tower at the time of Sunday's fatal collision.

He called the suggestion that a single controller was working alone "ina...