Delta MD80 skidss off runway @ LGA 11:09AM EST
Mar 5, 2015, 9:27 am
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Delta MD80 skidss off runway @ LGA 11:09AM EST
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An aircraft skidded on the runway at LaGuardia Airport and crashed into a fence as a blinding wintry mix coated the region Thursday morning, Port Authority officials and sources familiar with the situation tell NBC 4 New York.
It wasn't clear how many people were on the Delta plane when it slid off the runway around 11 a.m., nor was it known if it was landing or taking off. There was no immediate word on injuries.
Photos posted to Twitter and other social media showed the tail of the plane dipping into the snow; it's nose was pointed to the air.
An aircraft skidded on the runway at LaGuardia Airport and crashed into a fence as a blinding wintry mix coated the region Thursday morning, Port Authority officials and sources familiar with the situation tell NBC 4 New York.
It wasn't clear how many people were on the Delta plane when it slid off the runway around 11 a.m., nor was it known if it was landing or taking off. There was no immediate word on injuries.
Photos posted to Twitter and other social media showed the tail of the plane dipping into the snow; it's nose was pointed to the air.
Mar 5, 2015, 9:32 am
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Flight 1086 from Atlanta to LaGuardia slid off the left side of runway 13 Thursday morning. The flight was scheduled to land in New York at 11 a.m.
Mar 5, 2015, 9:33 am
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BTW, LGA seems to currently be closed to traffic.
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A photo on www.NYPOST.com shows the front end of the plane on top of the berm at the end of Runway 13. Without the berm, the plane would have ended up nose first into Flushing Bay. This incidentcould have been ALOT worse.