NEWARK ‐ A Delta flight from LaGuardia Airport to Dallas-Fort Worth was diverted to Newark Liberty International Airport this afternoon after an indicator light warned that its landing gear would not retract, officials said.
Delta Flight 6011 took off from LaGuardia in Queens at 1:24 p.m., with 24 passengers and crew on board, officials said. Soon after takeoff, an indicator light on the Brazilian-made Embraer aircraft warned that the front gear would not retract, prompting the pilot to head for Newark, said Peter Kuwalchuk, a spokesman for Shuttle America, which operates Flight 6011 for Delta.
Officials said the flight landed safely in Newark at 1:46 p.m. Newark Liberty is less than 20 miles northwest of LaGuardia.
“It was an indicator light that led the pilot to divert to Newark," said Kuwalchuk, adding that the plane was being checked out to determine what had happened. "Out of an abundance of caution, they declared an emergency and landed in Newark."
Port Authority Police firefighting crews stood by in case anything went wrong.
A Delta spokesman, Morgan Durant, said passengers were being re-assigned new flights by Delta personnel in Newark.
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