LaGuardia Airport, located in the New York City borough of Queens, has in recent history been the scene of two previous crashes involving wintry weather. The plane had a routine service check on Tuesday, it said, but declined further comment. The airline said it had taken delivery of the MD-88 involved in the incident in 1987, and that it last had a major maintenance overhaul in December 2010. Its shares were down 1.9 percent at $44.28 in Thursday afternoon trading. Delta, which operates a hub at LaGuardia, said in a statement that it would work with all authorities to look into what happened. A spokesman for the NTSB declined further comment. "GOOD BRAKING ACTION" Even though the aircraft landed in a driving snowstorm, Foye said two aircraft that touched down minutes before the incident had reported "good braking action." Officials did not make any statement about a possible cause, and experts from the National Transportation Safety Board were en route to the airport to begin an investigation. "We were all shocked and alarmed when the plane started to skid, but most importantly, as far as I know, all of the passengers and flight crew were able to exit the plane safely," the tight end said in a statement released by the team.
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One of those on board was Larry Donnell, a professional football player with the New York Giants.
There were only two minor injuries reported, he said, though that number may change.
"Obviously, the pilot's and the co-pilot's good efforts were reflected in the fact that there were only minor injuries." After exit slides failed to deploy properly, passengers were forced to disembark by climbing over a wing with the help of emergency responders, Foye said at a news conference. "I think the pilot did everything he could to slow the aircraft down," said Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the airport's operator. Hundreds of flights were canceled at LaGuardia, compounding weather-related travel disruptions in many parts of the country. EST, air traffic was snarled throughout the U.S. By the time its runways started to reopen at about 2:30 p.m. LaGuardia, the smallest of the New York area's three major airports, was immediately closed after the mishap.
Images on local media showed the plane's nose had pushed through a chain-link fence and was jutting out over an embankment. None of the 127 passengers and five crew members were seriously injured as Delta flight 1086 from Atlanta skidded on the tarmac at about 11 a.m. By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Delta Air Lines Inc jet landing during a snowstorm at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday slid off the runway and struck a fence before coming to rest on a snow-covered embankment just feet from the frigid waters of Flushing Bay.
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