Delta Tergelincir di LaGuardia New York, Nyaris Nyemplung ke Teluk Flushing
Delta Flight Slid Off the Runway at LaGuardia Airport and Stop Just Feet from the Water
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
PESAWAT TERBANG milik maskapai Delta dari AS tergelincir di landasan pacu di Bandara LaGuardia di New York City pada Kamis pagi waktu setempat, nyaris kecemplung ke perairan perairan Teluk Flushing dengan moncong pesawat menerobos pagar besi pembatas.
Otoritas setempat bergegas ke tempat kejadian tergelincirnya pesawat Delta penerbangan 1086, MD-88 yang bertolak dari Atlanta, tergelincir di landasan pacu 13, yang mengakibatkan tangki bahan bakar bocor dan sayap pesawat patah setelah menabrak setelah tergelincir akibat badai salju.
Pihak berwenang di bandara ini awalnya melaporkan bahwa pesawat itu terbakar, meskipun tidak tampak tanda-tanda api yang berkobar pada badan pesawat.
Penumpang pesawat naas tersebut segera dievakuasi, dan 127 penumpang dan lima awak yang selamat berlarian keluar dalam waktu 30 menit setelah pesawat mendarat, meniti jalan keluar melalui patahan sayap pesawat dan papan seluncur darurat, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Bandara LaGuardia ditutup segera setelah insiden untuk menghindari risiko dari tumpahan bahan bakar sebanyak 300 galon dari tangki pesawat, semua pesawat yang akan mendarat setelah kecelakaan dialihkan dan menunda keberangkatan pesawat dari bandara tersebut.
Bahan bakar yang bocor segera dilokalisir.
CNN melaporkan bahwa penumpang yang cedera hanya mengalami luka dan telah ditangani tim medis, otoritas terkait FDNY mengatakan sementara penumpang yang menjalani perawatan medis hanya tiga orang.
Dilaporkan kemudian 24 penumpang mengalami cedera.
A DELTA FLIGHT went off the runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Thursday morning, stopping just short of Flushing Bay.
FDNY rushed to the scene as Delta Flight 1086, an MD-88 arriving from Atlanta, skidded off runway 13, was leaking fuel and had a broken wing after striking a fence during blizzard conditions.
The airport initially reported that the plane had caught fire, though there were no visible signs from the scene.
The plane was immediately evacuated, and all 127 passengers and five crew members were safely removed within 30 minutes of the plane´s landing, walking out on the broken wing and going down a slide.
LaGuardia was shut down soon after the incident as the plane was leaking 300 gallons of fuel at a rate of a gallon a minute, with all incoming flights being diverted and outgoing flights being grounded.
The fuel leak was quickly contained.
CNN reports that only minor injuries had been sustained, with the FDNY saying while numerous individuals were being treated only three were transported to a hospital.
It has been reported that 24 people were injured in total.
