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"Why don’t you ask him?" Giovanna Schwartz told reporters when asked why she wasn't on the plane. "I’m sure he would be happy to tell you."

The plane made an emergency landing just before 3:30 p.m. on the northbound Major Deegan near Exit 12 in Van Cortland Park. [Update Below]

A passenger said, "I heard people screaming. We didn’t know if the plane was on fire."

Most of the airport has been closed.

Photo via vidiot's flickr Is LaGuardia Airport scarier to land in

Here are a few more videos (one above and two after

The U.S. Department of Transportation limiting flights at LaGuardia Airport to 71

Commuting by canoe gets a little easier today as the Parks Department