Pilots reported safety concerns about LaGuardia Airport to aviation officials before the Air Canada crash that left two dead and saw 41 hospitalized.

One pilot raised two safety concerns before warning that “on thunderstorm days, LGA is starting to feel like DCA [Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport] before the accident there,” as reported by CNN. 

In a report filed last summer, the pilot claimed air traffic controllers didn’t provide guidance on how close aircraft in the area can be, and also warned that a runway lighting system — which they said helped prevent encounters with planes on the ground — had been switched off