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Brakes were set to 'max' on Delta jet that slid off NYC runway, but pilots couldn't detect any braking

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Delta flight 1086 is seen after it slid off the runway upon landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

(Reuters) - Federal safety investigators said the autobrake selector switch was set to 'max' on a Delta Air Lines Inc jet that skidded off a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport last week and crashed into a fence.

"The auto brakes were set to 'max' but they (the crew) did not sense any wheel brake deceleration," the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement.

Delta Air Lines flight 1086 from Atlanta to New York skidded on the tarmac at about 11 a.m. ET (1600 GMT) on Thursday. None of the 127 passengers and five crew members were seriously injured.

(Reporting by Jeffrey Dastin in New York and Sagarika Jaisinghani in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon Jennings)

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