you can see passengers evacuating the flight some without heavy winter coats. all 127 passengers and 5 crew members are safe. some were seen on gurneys with minor injuries. the fuel spill you heard air traffic control speak about was also deemed minor. the temperatures however, still dropping in what millions of americans are hoping is perhaps the final blast of this winter. we ll get a check on that major weather system, which created this emergency in just a moment. but first, msnbc s treymaine lee at laguardia. i want to bring in tom costello first. tom, can you talk to us about the protocols that kick in during this kind of emergency? let s first explain exactly where this happened. those stills are really so telling. this is runway 13 right here. and here is laguardia airport. so the plane is coming in to runway 13. here is flushing bay. so right about here, two-thirds of the way down the runway the plane suddenly veers to the left and it hits this berm. it hits this b