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Ten hurt as NY plane's wheel fails

Southwest flight 345 on the tarmac in LaGuardia airport, New York 22 July 2013The flight flew into LaGuardia from Nashville, Tennessee

A flight has landed safely at New York's LaGuardia Airport after reporting a problem with its front landing gear, aviation officials say.

No injuries have been reported on the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 from Nashville, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.

TV pictures showed the plane appeared to have come to a stop off the runway nose to the ground.

Southwest said it would make a statement imminently about Flight 345.

The FAA said in a statement: "The plane's nose gear collapsed as the aircraft landed on Runway 4 at 5:45 pm EDT.

"The plane safely came to a stop and no injuries were reported. The FAA is investigating."



Source: BBC News - Business http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23413358#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa