Landing gear on Southwest jet collapses, five hurt By Mike Ahlers, CNN July 22, 2013 -- Updated 2357 GMT (0757 HKT) NEW: Nose gear collapses after the Boeing 737 lands in New York NEW: Source tells CNN that five people hurt; no injuries appear life threatening NEW: FAA updates statement to say pilots did not report any problems before landing Flight 345 originated in Nashville (CNN) -- The nose gear of a Southwest Airlines jetliner collapsed after landing at New York's LaGuardia airport on Monday, injuring five passengers. Flight, 345, a Boeing 737-700 from Nashville, touched down on Runway 4 and came to a safe stop at about 5:45 p.m. ET, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The blue and orange jet's nose came to rest on the tarmac. The plane's emergency slides were deployed and passengers evacuated the aircraft. Emergency vehicles surrounded the disabled jet at the busy airport which halted arriving flights. A source familiar with the matter said five passengers were hurt. Their injuries did not appear to be life threatening. The FAA also said initially the crew reported a possible nose gear problem before landing, but later amended that to say that after it reviewed air controller tapes no issues were noted ahead of time. Southwest, the nation's largest domestic carrier, confirmed an emergency in New York with Flight 345 and said it would provide further details later. The National Transportation Safety Board was aware of the incident and sent an investigator to the scene. The incident followed a runway crash of an Asiana jetliner in San Francisco last month that killed three people and injured more than 180 others. Investigators in that crash will not determine a cause for several months at least but initial attention has focused on actions of the crew during approach. The 737 has a conventional hydraulic landing gear system -- a unit under each wing and a steerable wheel that extends from under the nose. Pilots can land safely with only the main gear operable and such incidents occur from time to time. In May: Plane lands without landing gear at Newark CNN's Caleb Silver contributed to this report.