Plane Skids Off Runway at LaGuardia Airport
A Delta Airlines plane swerved off a runway during a snowstorm at LaGuardia Airport around 11 a.m. Thursday, according to multiplereports.
Delta Airlines said in a statement that flight 1086, an MD-88 traveling from Atlanta, “exited Runway 13 Thursday morning during landing,’’ and that the airline was working with authorities to determine the cause of the crash.
The nose of the plane appeared to have broken through a fence separating the runway from the East River, and NYPD Special Operations said that there was a minor fuel spill.
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WCBS in New York reported that all passengers and personnel were evacuated from the aircraft. According to the New York City Fire Department, of the 131 passengers and crewmembers were on the plane, 24 sustained non-life threatening injuries, three of whom were transported to medical facilities.
The FAA has closed LaGuardia Airport due to an aircraft incident, and is expected to reopen the airport around 7 p.m. Earlier status reports on the FAA website showed warnings about flight delays due to snow and ice.
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