(Bloomberg) — A Delta Air Lines Inc. plane skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, closing the airport as ice and windblown snow shut down businesses and government offices from New York to Washington.
The MD88 aircraft, which carried 125 passengers and five crew members from Atlanta, was evacuated after the incident, which occurred about 11 a.m. local time, according to a news release from Delta. Everyone aboard was being examined for injuries, and no one was hospitalized, the New York Fire Department reported.
"There might be some bumps and bruises," said department spokesman Danny Glover.
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