Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York City are tweeting about a Southwest Airlines plane that lost its front wheels during the landing:
Police and ambulances headed to the plane. pic.twitter.com/IbQJnRjqgF
— Bobby Abtahi (@BobbyAbtahi) July 22, 2013
Southwest Air flight next to our plane just lost front wheel. Slides are out and our runway shut down at LGA. pic.twitter.com/k22sDmXRYL
— Nathan Englander (@NathanEnglander) July 22, 2013
Vine video:
Southwest plane with wheel that just came off. Unbelievable. https://t.co/y4RT1mH5y4
— Bobby Abtahi (@BobbyAbtahi) July 22, 2013
There are reports of injuries, we just don’t yet know to what extent:
#BREAKINGNEWS Injuries reported after Southwest plane’s wheels collapse during #LaGuardia landing. http://t.co/ef9VGWB5tk @BreakingNews
— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) July 22, 2013
Twitchy will monitor this story and bring you updates as the situation warrants.
Update: More recent reports indicate the plane’s wheels came off as it was preparing to pull into the gate, and not right upon landing, but we’ve read conflicting reports:
@kyddsr @loveandnachos according to the article the flight was pulling into the gate when it lost its wheels. http://t.co/1EE7sOMM11
— Tabitha (@Tabbulous) July 22, 2013
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