The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating yesterday’s nose-down landing of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
The accident occurred at 5:45 p.m. Monday after the twin-engine jet's nose landing gear collapsed rearward and upward into the fuselage, damaging the electronics bay, which houses avionics and other equipment. The exterior of the airplane was also damaged from sliding 2,175 feet on its nose along Runway 4 before coming to rest, off to the right side of the runway.