
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.

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Scene: A Delta flight slid off the runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Thursday morning

Crash: The plane stopped just feet short of Flushing Bay, right outside the runway

Emergency: Delta Airlines flight 1086 from Atlanta skidded off a runway while landing at LaGuardia airport in New York on Thursday

Smash: Six people suffered non-life-threatening injuries, said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York

Gas: The crash caused a fuel leak with a gallon of liquid spilling out each minute

So close: One passenger took this photo from inside the plane showing just how close it came to the bay

A Delta plane rests on a berm near the water at LaGuardia Airport in New York

'Look at this sh*t! Knew I shoulda stayed my ass at home,' joked New York Giants star Donnell

The plane was immediately evacuated, and all 127 passengers and five crew members were safely removed

Rescue personnel outside LaGuardia Airport directed emergency vehicles and traffic

A map shows the plane's landing, and where it suddenly slid off the runway and almost into the water

A few passengers were taken away in ambulances after the crash

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.

The transcript from the tower shows that the flight was given the all clear to land on the runway and told that the breaking action had been reported as 'good.'

Once the plane hit the runway it did not respond to the tower, and as soon as the air traffic controllers realized what happened they immediately announced the airport was closed.

'Customers deplaned via aircraft slides and have moved to the terminal on buses,' Delta said in a statement.

'Our priority is ensuring our customers and crew members are safe. Delta will work with all authorities and stakeholders to look into what happened in this incident.'

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported that two planes that landed just before the Delta flight reported good breaking on the runway, and that the plane skid roughly 5,000 feet down the runway.

'I think the pilot did everything he could to slow the aircraft down,' said Port Authority head Patrick J. Foye during a news conference.

I'm not even sure what went through my mind because you're not even sure what's happening,' said passenger Mark Clafter.

'And then it wasn't until the plane came to a stop that all of the sudden you think, 'Holy cow! We just skidded off the runway."'

He added that through it all,, 'no one was screaming, no one was freaking out, and when we came to a dead stop people were actually really calm.'

He said that when they stopped all power went out and the pilot had no way of speaking to the passengers, but even then no one panicked.

In this photo provided by passenger Amber Reid, passengers are seen being evacuated from the plane

A passenger is wheeled on a stretcher through snowfall by emergency medical services workers at LaGuardia

Emergency: Delta Flight 1086, carrying 125 passengers and five crew members, veered off the runway at around 11:10 a.m

The FDNY said three people was transported from the scene

New York Fire department personnel stage outside LaGuardia Airport

This image shows Delta flight 1086 from Atlanta after it skidded off the runway

One Instagram user shared this snap of the plane after the crash

Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye said at a news conference that the airport would reopen today

Ambulances outside LaGuardia Airport after Delta Airlines flight 1086 from Atlanta, Georgia, skidded off a runway on landing

One of the passengers, Jamie Primak, who stars on the Bravo reality show Jersey Belle, wrote; 'We just crash landed at LGA. I'm terrified. Please...'

She later wrote; 'We have all been evacuated. Everyone is safe. Thank you for your prayers. God is good.'

New York Giants tight end Larry Donnell was also on the plane and shared a photo and video on Instagram as he evacuated on the runway, joking; 'Look at this sh*t! Knew I shoulda stayed my ass at home.'

He later released a statement saying; 'I feel fine physically and hopefully all the other passengers did not have any significant injuries We were all shocked and alarmed when the plane started to skid, but most importantly, as far as I know, all of the passengers and flight crew were able to exit the plane safely.'

A woman named Vanessa also shared a photo as she left the plane, writing; '#survive #crashlanding #noinjuries.'

Now some are questioning whether the airport should have even been open during these snowy and icy conditions.

Though the runway had reportedly been plowed shortly before the landing, there were three inches of snow measured near the airport for the day.

Members of a family, who said they were on Delta flight 1086 which arrived from Atlanta, embrace at the baggage claim area

The FDNY shared this photo of the plane taken from a boat on Flushing Bay

Monitors at LaGuardia Airport's Terminal D display canceled flights in New York

Delta flight 1086 is seen after it slid off the runway with New York City in the background

Ambulances are seen at LaGuardia Airport's Terminal D during a snow storm in New York

The pilots were hanging over the water in the cockpit after the crash

Emergency medical services workers direct passengers towards an ambulance at LaGuardia Airport's Terminal D

Slid off runway: The plane was evacuated in under 30 minutes

One passenger named Steve stressed just how scary it was inside the plane, writing; 'The pics are deceptive. That is side of runway. We were going in water until hit the hill and spun. #crashland.'

The plane's nose was on the rocks that surround the bay.

'We came in for landing, the plane hit the ground. As it started to apply the brakes, it started skidding. It didn’t spin around or anything,' passenger Sam Stern told the New York Post.

'It ended up hitting the embankment. The wing broke off.'

'2 seconds more we would have been in the water!' wrote Jared Faellaci, who posted a photo of the view from his window.

MSNBC thought they had managed to score an interview with Donnell shortly after the crash, but it turned out to be an impostor who said live on air 'F**k her right in the p***y.'