Southwest Sued For 2013 New York Landing

A passenger who said he was seriously injured during the landing of a Southwest Airlines flight at New York's LaGuardia airport in 2013 has filed a lawsuit against the carrier.

The suit filed by Kenneth Kochman in state supreme court in Queens County comes after another Southwest jet slid off a runway in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, injuring at least nine people.

"This incident and the recent incident in Tennessee show that Southwest needs to step up its pilot training and maintenance procedures," said Kochman's attorney, Hunter Shkolnik.

Kochman said he sustained serious spinal injures on July 22, 2013, when a Southwest Boeing 737 skidded 2,175 feet on its nose during landing at LaGuardia. The flight from Nashville touched down on its front landing gear, which is not designed to take such weight. Nine people were injured.

Southwest fired the pilot of the plane and required the first officer to undergo additional training.

The US National Transportation Safety Board said its investigation found no mechanical malfunctions on the aircraft.