Runway stopping just short of flushing bay. In a state known more new blue grass than white roads hundreds of drivers were stranded in snow for hours. We begin tonight with my coanchor Norah Odonnell at laguardia airport. Nor a was on another plane on a nearby runway when the accident happened. Charlie, good evening. This could have been a real catastrophe. We were on plane preparing for takeoff when the pilot said that they were shutting down this airport to deal with this emergency. I talked to passengers all day. One College Student telling me that their plane was going so fast they were worried it wasnt going to stop. This is how flight 1086 ended this morning, just a few feet are all this separated its 132 passengers and crew from the icing waters of flushing bay. It broke through the fence and we were literally five, six feet away from the water. Jared faelacci took this photo from his seat in first class. Did you realize how close you were to this being a real tragedy . When i g
Runway stopping just short of flushing bay. In a state known more new blue grass than white roads hundreds of drivers were stranded in snow for hours. We begin tonight with my coanchor Norah Odonnell at laguardia airport. Nor a was on another plane on a nearby runway when the accident happened. Charlie, good evening. This could have been a real catastrophe. We were on plane preparing for takeoff when the pilot said that they were shutting down this airport to deal with this emergency. I talked to passengers all day. One College Student telling me that their plane was going so fast they were worried it wasnt going to stop. This is how flight 1086 ended this morning, just a few feet are all this separated its 132 passengers and crew from the icing waters of flushing bay. It broke through the fence and we were literally five, six feet away from the water. Jared faelacci took this photo from his seat in first class. Did you realize how close you were to this being a real tragedy . When i g
Where actor Harrison Ford remains hospitalized. This after a small plane that he was piloting suffered an apparent engine failure and came down crashing on a golf course thursday afternoon. His publicist says he was banged up but his injuries are not life threatening. An investigation is under way at this hour. In the air Traffic Control audio, you could hear ford make the emergency call just after takeoff. Listen. Ford was flying solo in the back seat of his vintage world war ii era military training plane. Cnns kyung lah has more from the scene of that crash and the investigation in venice california. Reporter firefighters are here as well as investigators, still trying to figure out why the engine of this plane, a plane that Harrison Ford was piloting why it suddenly lost power. He did manage to make an extraordinary landing. This area that you see right behind me this is a golf course. All that green grass youre looking at thats the vintage plane. You can see that the nose has brok
Down at a golf course near the Santa Monica Airport after this distress call from pilot Harrison Ford. 53178. May day. Witnesses say ford appeared to navigate away from homes before crash landing. Golfers immediately went over and helped the 72yearold actor out of the plane. Emergency responders arrived shortly afterward. Assistant l. A. Fire chief patrick butler. They found a singleengine plane aircraft that had had a medium to high impact on the ground with one male victim who at the time was conscious and breathing. Reporter witnesses said ford was bleeding from the head was alert and talking. He suffered basically some moderate trauma, and he was alert and conscious. Reporter ford started his movie career as a swashbuckling space pilot but began Flight Training in earnest in the 1990s nch hes been collecting and flying modern and vintage airplanes ever since. Cbs news aviation and Safety Consultant Sully Sullenberger has flown with ford. Im sure hes flun out of that particular airp
Atlanta. Shaken passengers were forced to evacuate using the emergency exits and look how close this plane is to the water. Listen to one of those passengers who was relieved to have escaped unscathed. I just survived. Thank you, new york for having such [ bleep ] weather we almost got friging killed landing on the tarmack. New york is slammed by freezing fog and snow. Cnn aviation analyst mary skiavo is joining us from los angeles. Mooelg miguel miguel, what are you learning . Fire department saying three were transported to the hospital. From what we know all of these injuries are relatively minor, neck and back injuries from that plane as it landed here at laguardia. It is amazing to see those pictures of that plane and that nobody was injured in any serious way. Literally. The front nose gear of that plane ripped off. The nose cone rip off and cockpit of that plane hanging out over that berm overflushing the bay and any more force and it could have been much much worse. Everybody w