Hercules is proving to be one heck of a winter storm!
Around 8:00 this morning, a Delta flight landed at JFK International Airport and promptly skidded off the taxiway.
BREAKING>> #JFK is closed after @Delta CRJ landed on 22L and skid into safety area on taxiway J. Runways are "an ice skating rink".
— NYCAviation (@NYCAviation) January 5, 2014
Delta Flight 4100 had just landed and was turning onto a taxiway when it went into the snow http://t.co/cSgfzzq5pA
— Fox5NY (@fox5ny) January 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/SarahToland12/status/419846190948028416
#exclusive pic of #Delta plane at #JFK as Port Authority Police help to dig it out of snow. #NBC4NY pic.twitter.com/GMlsk8mPtO
— Pei-Sze Cheng (@PeiSzeCheng4NY) January 5, 2014
The plane was carrying 35 people.
Update: Delta Air Lines jet that skidded off runway at JFK was from Toronto with 35 people aboard, officials say – @NBCNews
— BreakinNewz (@BreakinNewz01) January 5, 2014
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Thankfully, it appears that no one was hurt.
New York's JFK Airport has been temporarily closed after a Delta airlines flight skidded off a taxiway into snow but no injuries reported
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) January 5, 2014
JFK closed due to icing. Delta flight skidded off taxiway. No injuries. @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/XOogp2IIsd
— Lisa Colagrossi (@LColagrossi7) January 5, 2014
JFK will reportedly reopen today around 11:30 a.m.
Meanwhile:
So great that @Delta hasn't addressed their plane that slid off a runway at JFK yet.
— Jennifer S. (@skipperpinski) January 5, 2014
(Hat tip: @einfal)
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