The general manager of New York's LaGuardia Airport says up to 10 people were treated after a jet's front landing gear collapsed as it arrived

The general manager of New York's LaGuardia Airport says up to 10 people were treated after a jet's front landing gear collapsed as it arrived

Authorities reopened a runway at LaGuardia Airport closed since a nose gear collapse on an arriving Southwest Airlines flight that injured 10 passengers and crew members on Monday evening.

Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority, which operates Manchester airport, said travelers can anticipate morning delays as high as an hour or so.

The Southwest Boeing 737-700 was towed to Hanger 5, a us Airlines hanger, at LaGuardia for more investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Coleman said Runway 4, blocked and from service since the incident occurred during landing at about 5:40 p.m. Monday, was reopened at 6:59 a.m.

Coleman said residual delays were averaging about an hour early Tuesday and authorities expected those delays to decrease throughout the morning -- though he cautioned weather could have a detrimental effect on airport operations.

Rain and inclement weather has been predicted for your area during the day Tuesday.

The rough landing on Monday caused the temporary suspension of operations on the airport. Those operations later resumed.

At the news conference Monday night, Port Authority officials said the landing gear about the nose in the Southwest jet gave way because the aircraft landed. The crippled plane, filled to capacity with passengers, then slid halfway on the 7,000-foot runway, leaving a trail of debris and thick dark smoke before coming to a remain in an area of grass, officials said.

The 150 people fully briefed the damaged Boeing 737-700 escaped via inflatable emergency slides and only walked towards the terminal or were treated near the disabled plane. Four with the five crew members also were delivered to a place hospital for observation, officials said.