The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched investigators after a Delta passenger airplane slid off a runway and crashed through a fence at LaGuardia Airport Thursday.

The FAA said Delta Flight 1086 from Atlanta slid off the side of runway 13 shortly after 11 a.m.

It veered left, climbed a berm and crashed through a fence before stopping.

Port Authority officials confirmed that all 127 passengers and five crew members were safely taken off the plane and transported to the terminal.

The New York City Fire Department said 28 people suffered minor injuries. Five of them were taken to local hospitals.

"I think the pilot did everything he could to slow the aircraft down," said Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye. "Obviously, the pilot and the co-pilot's good efforts were reflected in the fact that there were only minor injuries."

Port Authority officials also say a minor fuel leak from the aircraft was quickly contained.

At the time of the accident, snowfall totals at the airport were around three and a half inches. However, Port Authority officials say the runway had been cleared minutes before the plane landed and that other pilots did not report any issues with braking.

The Port Authority said two planes landed safety on the runway just before the incident.

"Shortly before the incident, at approximately 11:05, two planes landed and reported 'good breaking actions' on the runways," Foye said. "The runway, this particular runway had been plowed shortly before the incident, and pilots on other planes reported good breaking action."

Aviation expert Phil Derner told NY1 that that raises more questions about why the flight from Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport ended in a near-tragedy.

"At this point, we don't really have any indication that the condition of the runway itself was a factor just yet," Derner said. "Weather was likely a factor, but there may have been other contributing parts to that."

Passengers spoke to NY1 once they were safely back inside the terminal.

"Once we landed, the pilot hit the brakes, and that's when we started kind of skidding off to the left," said one passenger. "And at first, it didn't feel like he was even skidding. I said to somebody before that it felt like he was exiting the runway, you know how they do that sometimes, but doing it way too early and way faster than would normally be in that situation."

"On the whole, people were very calm and very pleasant, and everybody helped one another," said another.

Videos posted on social media show passengers leaving from the side of the plane, which came to rest on an embankment separating the runway from Flushing Bay.

The MD-88 aircraft's right wing appears to have been damaged.

LaGuardia closed for three hours after the incident, causing flights to be diverted.

Among the passengers on board was New York Giants tight end Larry Donnell.

In a statement released by the team, he said, in part, "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."

The NTSB's investigator will secure the flight's recorders and photograph the damage. 

*Photo courtesy of Twitter user @steveblaze98