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(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
EIGHT PEOPLE WERE injured after the front landing gear of a Southwest Airlines plane with 150 people on board collapsed on landing at New York’s La Guardia airport.
The accident left the Boeing 737-700 with its nose resting against the runway and forced the temporary closure of the airport last night, which mostly handles flights to and from other US cities.
The airline confirmed that emergency services had helped with the evacuation of the passengers and crew of flight 345 from Nashville.
(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
“Eyewitness reports indicate the aircraft’s nose gear collapsed upon landing,” it said in a statement.
“Initial reports indicate local responders are caring for five customers and three flight attendants who have reported injuries at this time. Southwest is cooperating with local authorities, and the (US aviation safety body) NTSB has been notified.”
Television images showed the plane with its nose angled down to the ground and its evacuation slides out. The fuselage was surrounded by emergency vehicles.
(AP Photo/Jared Rosenstein)
Passengers on board the plane saw sparks flying as the nose scraped along the runway, according to accounts given to waiting relatives and friends.
Planes scheduled to fly to La Guardia were held at their origin airports, while those already en route were diverted to New York’s other hubs, Newark and John F Kennedy, contributing to long delays.
All take-offs were suspended for more than two hours after the incident.
Stranded passengers wait in LaGuardia Airport after multiple flights were cancelled (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The NTSB said it would be sending an investigator to La Guardia to look into the incident.
Three people were killed and 180 were injured earlier this month when an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed while landing in San Francisco.
According to preliminary findings from the NTSB, the Asiana flight crashed because it was flying too low and too slowly as it approached the runway. The tail of the aircraft broke off as the plane clipped a seawall short of the runway, skidding out of control and quickly catching fire.
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Bet those people who take off the seatbelt early were sorry..
Hopefully it was the clappers that received the brunt of the injuries.
And a very lucky escape for all concerned thankfully…….
A number of underpants were put beyond use in the incident
Still safer than driving
What on earth is going on with all these public transport crashes in the past 6 weeks? Is it my imagination or does there seem to be a lot more bus/ train/ plane crashes around the globe, then is usual?
Confirmation bias: you see what you’re looking for
Only said the same yesterday.
Wi Tu Lo
Another airplane crash…
Crash me bollix . Nose bleed more like
Well then, let’s call it an incident. There has been a few plane/ train ‘incidents’ as of late. I’d be nervous driving a train that was carrying a plane.
I suppose cars are ok. Apart from more deaths in and because of cars.
It was in for a D check last month in my maintenance hangar, Jaysus!
Your fault then :) forgot to secure the nose gear sticky tape.
erm.. has anyone asked boeing whats the story with all these broken planes?
ryanair and aer lingus both use airbus.. or am i wrong?
aer lingus are airbus
ryanair are boeing..
another reason not to fly with the special one
Ryanair also use the Boeing 737
Wrong…Ryanair use Boeing…they just purchased another100+ last month. Biggest order ever.
The special one as you say has a 100% safety record, something that the snobby ones can’t say
not for long with that huge boeing order.. bon voyage
Mary harney was driving
Is it me or does there seem to be more plane crashes recently??
“EIGHT PEOPLE WERE injured after the front landing gear of a Southwest Airlines plane [...]”
You mean they accidentally the whole thing?
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