The wing of a Delta Airways airplane hit the runway at LaGuardia Airport throughout an unsteady touchdown on Sunday evening.
The packed flight was heading house from Jacksonville, Fla., when the pilot tried a go-around following an “unstable method” round 10:10 p.m., in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The maneuver is taken into account routine the place the pilot pauses the touchdown method and pulls the airplane again as much as an altitude and configuration match for an additional touchdown method.
Through the go-around, the left wing of the airplane struck the runway.
All 80 individuals on board safely disembarked from the plane, which remained on the bottom at LaGuardia by way of Monday. No accidents had been reported.
“The Endeavor Air flight crew adopted established procedures to securely enact a go-around at New York-LaGuardia. The plane landed safely and proceeded to its arrival gate,” Delta Airways wrote in a press release. “We apologize to our prospects for the expertise.”
The flight was operated by Endeavor, the identical regional provider concerned within the Toronto flight that caught fireplace and flipped whereas trying to land final month.
The FAA stated it would launch an investigation.
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