Posted on 03/05/2015 10:36:36 AM PST by lowbridge
A passenger plane skidded off a snowy runway at LaGuardia Airport, smashing its nose through a seawall fence and breaking off a wing Thursday morning.
Everyone on board is “safe” and there were no serious injuries, but some of the 135 passengers and five crew members on board suffered “bumps and bruises,” sources said.
At about 12:30 p.m., a middle-aged black man who appeared to be in shock was seen getting wheeled on a gurney through Terminal D, where the passengers were being examined and treated.
Fuel was leaking from the MD-88 jet and emergency responders were spraying foam to prevent a potential fire.
Sources said Delta Flight 1086 from Atlanta was landing when it slid off the side of Runway 13 around 11 a.m. It came to rest with its nose hanging over a Flushing Bay seawall.
Passenger Sam Stern, 64, of Sarasota, Fla., was seated in an emergency-exit row and had to yank out the window so everyone could escape.
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Everyone is “safe”...nothing to see here...
Ca$h for clunkers candidate.
Weeeeee! Just like a sled ride!!
Lot of that going on today.......8^)
aw, that’ll buff right out
Just noting that when race has nothing to do with the story, add nothing of value to the narrative, it is included.
OTOH, change the story to one where the reader could use the information to avoid the scenario of the story, race will be absent.
Delta Flight 1086 now arriving at Gate 10...Gate 11...Gate 12...Gate 13.....
The oil pressure. I forgot to check the oil pressure! When Kramer hears about this, the s***’s going to hit the fan!
It could have been snow or it could have been racism. Did De Blasio blame it on that yet?
Plane skids off runway in a blizzard. Media awaits for NTSB to determine how this could possibly happen. LOL
Well... it was white snow that caused the crash.
I know little about LaGuardia (other than what I observed landing as a passenger a couple of times), but couldn’t New York City and the state greatly increase passenger safety, while at the same time eliminating a longtime scandal and drug-plagued correctional facility, by closing Rikers Island and extending both main LaGuardia runways over to the island? Build a new state-of-the-art prison out in the boondocks somewhere, demolish the old Rikers facilities (maybe leave some as a museum, like Alcatraz), then set the earth movers to work.
I’m surprised it didn’t read “Middle aged AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK MAN”.
Only minorities injured. Delta is Racist. It’s based in the South. That’s the theme of the story.
Well, that’s one way to cull the herd of aged airplanes. LaGuardia Airport is a nightmare on a good day.
Passenger to Delta agent: When do I get my bags?
Agent to passenger: There’ll be a $50 charge per bag for delivery today or a $50 charge for delivery tomorrow but there’s no charge if you allow our bag boys to go through it first. Which do you prefer?
Where’s the “aviation expert” on this one...you know, the guy that likes to go “50 Shades” on his own pee pee...Richard Quest?
They forgot to put the chains on before landing ?
That runway 13/31 at Laguardia essentially terminates at the SE end in a rock wall, once you exceed the overrun. Water is on the other side.
Good thing in a way they didn’t land on the 31 vector and overrun, as they would have gone in the water.
Good thing it stopped where it did.
Hard to tell from the pictures, BUT it kind looks like they just could not get the plane stopped in time and ran out of runway.
I wasn’t there, and I don’t know what really took place ...
SO IT IS TIME FOR ARMCHAIR PILOTING!!!
1. they landed too far down the runway.
2. ‘get there-itis’ prevented the PIC from executing a go-around
3. not enough traction to get braking power to slow the aircraft. (ie runways were not ready to receive aircraft)
4. Landed too frickin’ hot *Blueflag wonders what the winds were and what the cross wind component was...
5. 5H1T happens ...
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