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10 injured in New York after plane's nose wheel collapse

Published:Tuesday | July 23, 2013 | 8:30 AM

Ten people were left with minor injuries after a plane's nose wheel collapsed when it landed at New York's LaGuardia Airport.



Six of the casualties were taken to hospital after Southwest Airlines Flight 345 skidded off the runway.



Emergency vehicles surrounded the Boeing 737 from Nashville, which had 143 passengers and six crew on board.



The airport was shutdown temporarily, but later opened.



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