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Flight's nose gear collapses as it lands at New York's LaGuardia | |
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A plane's nose gear has collapsed as it landed at New York's LaGuardia Airport, aviation officials say. | |
There are conflicting reports about whether anyone was injured during the landing of Southwest Airlines Flight 345 from Nashville. | |
Emergency vehicles surrounded the Boeing 737, which was carrying 149 passengers and crew. | |
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has temporarily shut the airport. | |
TV pictures showed the aircraft appeared to have come to a stop off the runway, nose to the ground. | |
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement: "The plane's nose gear collapsed as the aircraft landed on Runway 4 at 5:45 pm EDT. | |
"The plane safely came to a stop and no injuries were reported. The FAA is investigating." | "The plane safely came to a stop and no injuries were reported. The FAA is investigating." |
But the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey said it had several accounts of people with unspecified physical injuries, reports the Associated Press news agency. | |
Southwest Airlines said it would make a statement imminently. |