airport. emergency vehicles. reporter: you can see sparks flying as southwest airlines flight 345 out of nashville lands hard sliding on its nose. the nose wheel collapsed. the aircraft skidded down the runway on its nose and veered off and came to rest in a grass area. reporter: 150 people aboard evacuated on emergency slides. i thought it was a terrible job of the pilot. i didn t realize what happened until i left the plane. like getting smashed in car wreck. very chaotic. flight attendants crying. reporter: the plane came safely to a stop. no injuries were immediately reported to air traffic control. the faa is investigating. we were sitting on the runway ready for take off. everyone pulled out their phones and there was this loud gasp. reporter: ten non-life threatening injuries were
good morning, poppy. good morning, carol. runway number 4 opened about 7:00 a.m. this morning. very scary. one of the women i spoke with was hospitalized last night because of smoke inhalation, but luckily everyone seems to be doing okay. this was a scary and shocking landing for passengers on flight 345 coming to new york last night from nashville and what makes it scarier is the fact this comes just a few weeks after asiana flight 214 crash landed in san francisco. you can see sparks flying as southwest airlines flight 345 out of nashville lands hard on its nose. the nose wheel specifically collapsed. the aircraft skidded down the runway on its nose and then veered off and came to rest in a grass area. 150 people aboard evacuated on emergency slides. i thought it was just terrible job of the pilot, but i didn t realize what happened until i actually left the plane. it was like getting smashed in a car wreck.
reporter: good morning, chris. runway 4 where that happened is open. laguardia, still a lot of delays ahead. it was a shocking and scary landing for the passengers of flight 345 coming here from nashville last night after they had that landing. this coming just weeks after that asiana flight 214 crash landing in san francisco. reporter: you can see sparks flying as southwest airlines flight 345 out of nashville lands hard on its nose. the nose wheel specifically collapsed. the aircraft skidded down the runway on its nose and then veered off and came to rest in a grass area. reporter: 150 people aboard evacuated on emergency slides. i thought it was just a terrible job by the pilot but i didn t realize what happened until i left the plane. it was like getting smashed in a car wreck. very chaotic, no one knew what was going on, flight
landing. luckily, only minor injuries reported. let s head live to poppy harlow at laguardia this morning. hey, poppy. reporter: good morning, lucky only minor injuries were reported, because this was a scary and sudden landing for southwest flight 345 coming here from nashville last night. just a very, very hard landing, and this coming just weeks after the asiana flight 214 crash landed in san francisco. you can see sparks flying as southwest airlines flight 345 out of nashville lands hard on its nose. the nose wheel specifically collapsed. the aircraft skidded down the runway on its nose and then veered off and came to rest in a grass area. reporter: 150 people aboard evacuated on emergency slides. i thought it was just terrible job of the pilot, but i didn t realize what happened until i actually left the plane. it was like getting smashed in a car wreck.
development for us live from laguardia airport. laura, bring us up to speed. hi harris. very scary landing indeed for those passengers of flight 345. nerves are frayed of those passengers and family members waiting here waiting at baggage claim and passengers upstairs trying to get tickets and get their flights out of here a lot of problems for air travel out of lawrlgd. we want to show you some the new pictures we have here. you can see from them that the plane is leaning forward. you can see those slides deployed. one man i spoke to whose mother was on the flight told me she described the incident as a crash landing, at least that s what it felt like to her. saying the cabin she said filled with smoke before passengers were evacuated down those emergency slides. he said his mother was in tears when she called him, explaining what this h. happened. the federal aviation administration releasing this statement a short while ago, the plane reported possible front landing gear issues befo