By — Margaret Myers Margaret Myers Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/flight-landing-la-guardia-skids-runway Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Video: Flight landing at LaGuardia skids off runway Nation Mar 5, 2015 12:24 PM EDT A video posted by _veeestchic_ (@_veeestchic_) on Mar 5, 2015 at 8:25am PST A Delta flight landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport skidded off the runway Thursday morning before coming to a rest against an embankment. The New York Fire Department reported no injuries among the 125 passengers and five-member crew, according to the Associated Press. The flight was arriving from Atlanta. Photos on social media show passengers deplaning onto snowy ground while flakes continued to fall at the airport, which is centrally located on the New York City borough of Queens, not far from Manhattan. The scene at LaGuardia Airport after a Delta plane skids off the runway in the snow: http://t.co/3cpe6CYjzj pic.twitter.com/qE0FXx9Yyf — Mashable News (@MashableNews) March 5, 2015 New York City was expecting six to eight inches of snow to accumulate Thursday. Across the country, nearly 2,300 flights have been canceled with Dallas-Fort Worth and airports in the Washington, D.C., region hit the hardest. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Margaret Myers Margaret Myers Margaret Myers is the former Digital News Editor for PBS NewsHour. She is a former editor for ESPN.com. She also led the features department at the Amarillo Globe-News in west Texas. @margaretvm
A video posted by _veeestchic_ (@_veeestchic_) on Mar 5, 2015 at 8:25am PST A Delta flight landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport skidded off the runway Thursday morning before coming to a rest against an embankment. The New York Fire Department reported no injuries among the 125 passengers and five-member crew, according to the Associated Press. The flight was arriving from Atlanta. Photos on social media show passengers deplaning onto snowy ground while flakes continued to fall at the airport, which is centrally located on the New York City borough of Queens, not far from Manhattan. The scene at LaGuardia Airport after a Delta plane skids off the runway in the snow: http://t.co/3cpe6CYjzj pic.twitter.com/qE0FXx9Yyf — Mashable News (@MashableNews) March 5, 2015 New York City was expecting six to eight inches of snow to accumulate Thursday. Across the country, nearly 2,300 flights have been canceled with Dallas-Fort Worth and airports in the Washington, D.C., region hit the hardest. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now