The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane collided with the runway as it was landing at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The plane’s ‘left wing struck the runway while landing’ at approximately 10:10pm, which was when pilots ‘executed a go-around,’ the FAA said.
A go-around, considered to be a safe and routine aviation procedure, is when a pilot ditches a landing and climbs into the air to attempt another approach at the runway.
The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft, was traveling from Jacksonville, Florida, to New York City, according to Delta.
On air traffic control audio, the controller was heard telling the Delta pilot: ‘Somebody saw some sparks from one of your wings, you guys feel anything?’
‘We didn’t, but we’ll check it,’ the pilot said.
All 76 passengers, including the two pilots and two flight attendants, were unharmed and suffered no injuries, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the three major New York City area airports.
The incident did not impact airport operations, according to the Port Authority.
The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane (stock image of a Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft) collided with a runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City while landing on Sunday evening. No one was injured
The incident did not impact airport operations at LaGuardia, according to the Port Authority
‘We apologize to our customers for the experience,’ Delta said in a statement.
The airline announced that the plane would be taken out of service so maintenance teams can diagnose any potential problems. The company didn’t say when the aircraft was expected to fly again.
The flight was operated by regional airline Endeavor, the Delta subsidiary that also operated the plane that crash-landed and flipped upside down at Toronto-Pearson Airport last month.
That plane, also a Bombardier CRJ-900, was carrying 80 passengers and crew.
Horrifying videos showed the aircraft bursting into flames and billowing smoke as it skidded to a stop.
Passengers reported vomiting and suffering anxiety attacks during the dreadful ordeal, which required many of them to make a daring escape from the burning plane.
Twenty-one passengers were injured during that flight and have all since been released from the hospital.
Sunday’s incident at LaGuardia marks yet another aviation mishap since an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided on January 29 near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Pictured: The upturned plane at Toronto-Pearson airport on February 19, 2025. This aircraft was also operated by Endeavor and was also a Bombardier CRJ-900
Pictured: The moment an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport in January
All 67 victims, including world champion figure skaters from the US and Russia on board the passenger plane, were killed in the fiery crash.
It was later revealed that one air traffic controller was simultaneously monitoring plane and helicopter movements at Reagan Airport the night of the American Airlines crash.
The helicopter and airplane responsibilities were combined and assigned to one person an hour earlier than normal, per Federal Aviation Administration rules, The Wall Street Journal first reported.
Just 20 minutes later, the collision happened above the Potomac River, which caused a visible explosion on airport security cameras.
Following this January’s crash, FAA officials finally tightened the rules for controllers at Reagan, including mandating that a stand-alone employee monitor helicopter traffic and not be given additional responsibilities on top of that.
An FAA spokesperson told the Journal that deviating from this new policy now requires a higher-level approval from the tower’s facility manager.
At one point, only senior facility managers at Reagan had that authority.
But the FAA later allowed lower-ranking employees to decide if the helicopter monitoring position to be combined early, as long as they considered factors like traffic levels, weather and VIP departures or arrivals.
On January 31, a small jet carrying six passengers crashed along Cottman Avenue in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 20 people
A long string of near misses, crashes and mishaps have followed the deadly Washington, D.C. crash in January.
On January 31, a small jet carrying six passengers crashed along Cottman Avenue in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 20 people.
Valentina Guzman Murillo, 11, and her mother Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, 31, of Mexico were been identified as two of the victims on board.
The young pediatric patient had just undergone life-saving medical treatment in the US and was heading home to Mexico with her mother on the Learjet 55 air ambulance that left from Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
In early March, another plane crash happened in Pennsylvania, with it being a small propeller plane this time.
The Beechcraft A36TC erupted in flames in the parking lot of a retirement home in Manheim Township. Five people were rushed to the hospital.
And last week, a person piloting a Cessna CitationJet that took off from Mesquite Metro Airport in Texas died in a fiery crash.
There have also been at least two instances of commercial jets nearly colliding with one another on runways, one occurring at Boston Logan International and the other at Chicago’s Midway International Airport.
