Posted on 03/05/2015 9:31:21 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
A Delta airplane slid off a runway late Thursday morning at New York's LaGuardia airport, its nose breaking through a fence before skidding to a halt.
Video from CNN affiliate WABC shows people walking off the commercial jetliner and onto snow-covered ground at the airport.
Emergency vehicles could be seen then around the MD-88 aircraft, which Delta said had 125 passengers and five crew members aboard.
The incident didn't cause any known injuries, according to New York's fire department, which indicated that all passengers were off the aircraft about 30 minutes after it landed.
Delta said in a statement that customers used slides to get off the aircraft, then headed to buses that took them to terminals.
"Our priority is ensuring our customers and crew members are safe," the airline said. "Delta will work with all authorities and stakeholders to look into what happened in this incident."
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The only place I know of where weather changes fast enough to beat 4 minutes is Alaska.
Do the passengers get one frequent flier mile for the short trip?
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