Cranes remove plane that skidded off LaGuardia runway
Crews work near a Delta plane that rests on a berm near the water at LaGuardia Airport, March 5, 2015, in New York. 105(Photo: Frank Franklin II, AP)Team using cranes Friday morning removed a battered Delta Jetliner from the snowy embankment where it ended up after skidding off a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport, NBC New York reported.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Runway 13 had not yet been reopened, although the airport's other runway was back in operation, the Associated Press reported. The Delta plane was being taken to a hangar.All 127 passengers and five crew members aboard the Delta flight 1086 from Atlanta got out safely Thursday by scrambling over the wing when the emergency chute did not open. Six people received minor injuries.One passenger, Isamel Lateef, 29, of Greensboro, N.C., was convinced that the plane would end up in the bay, the Daily News reports."I saw us quickly approaching the water," he said. "I'm thinking, 'Get ready to swim.' It was survival mode. (The plane) wobbled a lot, a lot. We're grateful we didn't get in the water."The plane, landing in snowy conditions, veered off the 7,000-foot runaway about halfway down, rammed through a fence and came to rest on an embankment only a few feet from icy Flushing Bay.The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigation the incident, planned to retrieve the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders.See, hear chaos surrounding Harrison Ford plane crashMar 06, 2015
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