Delta Airlines flight 1086, 3 March 2015

The aircraft involved in the accident seen in Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport on January 2015
Runway incursion into seawall
Date	5 March 2015 (2015-03-05)
Site	Queens, New York 73°01′05″N 40°07′52″W / 73.01806°N 40.13111°W / 73.01806; -40.13111
Total survivors	132 (all)
Aircraft type	Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas MD-88
Registration	N909DL
Flight origin	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Destination	LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York, USA
Passengers	127
Crew	5
Injuries	24
Survivors	132

Crash site

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Location of the crash site in the USA

Delta Air Lines Flight 1086 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Atlanta and New York. On March 5, 2015, the flight, operated by a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, exited the runway 13^[1] upon landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} The plane crashed through a perimeter fence before coming to a halt on an embankment a few metres short of Flushing Bay. There were no fatalities, although several people suffered minor injuries. The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.^[8]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, serial number 49540, line number 1395 owned by the Wilmington Trust Company of Wilmington, Delaware and operated by Delta Airlines. The aircraft was assembled in 1987 and first registered on 19 January 1988. It has been operated by Delta Airlines ever since the aircraft was put into airline service. It was built in Long Beach, California, USA, not the People's Republic of China.

Background

Flight 1086 took off from Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airportat 8:45am EST and scheduled to land at LaGuardia Airport at 10:48am. It was snowing at the time at LaGuardia Airport. Two planes landed before DL1086 and reported no problems.

Incident

Runway 13 was closed until the next morning.^[9] The airport was closed immediately after the accident at approximately 11 am and was not reopened until 1900 local time.^{[citation needed]}

Few Passengers took pictures and videos after the plane crash.

Investigation

Early reports are that the spoilers did not deploy. ^{[citation needed]}

Passenger count

People on board by nationality

Nationality	No.
Canada	2
Brazil	1
United States	129
Total	132

References