Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Delta Airlines plane 'skids off runway' in New York

Delta Airlines plane 'skids off runway' in New York
Copyright 
By Euronews
Published on
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

Flight 1086 from Atlanta crashed into a fence in snowy conditions at LaGuardia Airport. No serious injuries were reported.

ADVERTISEMENT

Reports from New York say a passenger plane has skidded off the runway in snowy conditions at LaGuardia Airport.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, according to the New York City Fire Department.

It is understood that Delta Airlines Flight 1086 from Atlanta missed the runway while landing on Thursday morning amid a winter storm, and crashed into a fence.

My day so far. #crashland pic.twitter.com/dpNnGP5oQk

— Steve (@steveblaze98) March 5, 2015

The aircraft is said to have had 125 passengers and five crew members on board. Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft on slides and moved to the terminal on buses.

LaGuardia airport’s runways were closed due to what the Federal Aviation Administration described as an “aircraft incident”.

Thank God! No one hurt

Thank God! No one hurt

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Wildfire burns homes in historic California Gold Rush town

Is Trump's payback tour blowing over the Atlantic? 

Princess Kay of the Milky Way sculpted in butter for state fair tradition