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A Delta Airlines jet rests on a snow bank on March 5 after it skidded off the runway after landing at LaGuardia airport in New York. Delta Flight 1086 with 125 passengers aboard skidded off the runway during a heavy snowfall.(Photo: NYPD)
A Delta flight from Atlanta with 127 passengers aboard veered off the runway Thursday while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, plowed through a fence and came to rest on a snowy embankment only a few feet from the frigid waters of Flushing Bay.
Delta Flight 1086 rests on a snowbank at LaGuardia airport in New York on March 5.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: kristinagrossmann, via Instagram)
Two people suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital for treatment, said Patrick Foye, of the Port Authority, which operates the airport.
The chutes aboard the MD88 aircraft did not deploy, leaving passengers to scramble out over the wing.
The New York City Fire Department initially said 24 people received non-life-threatening injuries and that three were transported for further evaluation. Port Authorities dispatchers earlier said two people suffered minor back injuries and one had a minor neck injury.
All of the passengers and the crew of five were quickly taken by bus to a nearby Delta terminal as emergency vehicles raced onto the runway.
Foye did not address the possible cause of the incident, which occurred during a steady snowfall from a winter storm blanketing the East. He said the plane landed normally on 7,000-foot runaway No. 13 but after traveling about 4,500 feet suddenly veered to the left, sped onto snow-covered ground and rammed through a fence, the plane's nose stopping just at the edge of the bay.
One purported passenger, identified on Twitter only as Steve, tweeted that photos showing the plane resting on an embankment don't tell the full story. "The pics are deceptive," he wrote. "That is side of runway. We were going in water until hit the hill and spun"
Jaime Primak, star of Bravo's Jersey Belle, was aboard the flight. She quickly tweeted: "We just crash landed at LGA. I'm terrified. Please..."
"We have all been evacuated," she added a few minutes later. "Everyone is safe. Thank you for your prayers. God is good."
The plane did not reach the water, but did suffer a minor fuel spill, which was quickly contained.
Foye said the runaway had been plowed only minutes before and that two pilots arriving just ahead of the Delta flight "reported good braking action."
According to the National Weather Service, visibility at the airport was one-quarter mile and northerly winds were blowing at about 9 mph at 10:51 a.m., shortly before the plane landed.
The incident occurred at around 11:05 a.m. and forced a halt to all traffic in and out of the critical New York hub. Planes were diverted to Newark and other area airports.
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Foye said at least one runway at LaGuardia was expected to reopen at mid-afternoon.
.In July 2013, the front landing gear of a Southwest Airlines flight collapsed while touching down, sending the aircraft skidding before it came to a halt, the Associated Press reports. Ten passengers received minor injuries.
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