Southwest Airlines is facing its first lawsuit over a hard landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport last month in which 16 people were injured.
Jacqueline Young, Jonesville, South Caroline, was on the flight from Nashville, Tennessee, which made a nose-first landing at the airport on July 22. She said in a lawsuit filed in Queens on Friday that she suffered permanent injuries in the accident and is seeking unspecified compensation.
A spokeswoman for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines said the company is unable to comment on pending litigation.
Federal investigators said last month that the plane touched down on its front nose wheel before the sturdier main landing gear in the back touched down. Southwest said then that the landing described by investigators violated the airline’s normal procedures.