an md-88 flight from atlanta to new york, skidded off runway 13 at la guardia airport. we had better pictures a moment ago. you could see the nose pushed into a berm there. there it is. those berms are in place for safety to keep these flights it depends on where they are, from either skidding off into the water. the water s right there. either skidding off into the water or streets in the crowded areas nearby there. so perhaps that berm did exactly what it was designed to do, to protect the people op board that flight. there were 125 passengers, five crew members on board that flight, and that they were evacuated safely, busted back to the terminal. you can see the people evacuating off the wing there from that aircraft on that flight that was from atlanta to new york.
on runway 13. that may mean something to you. i m just the passenger when we land on these flights so that may give you perspective and it slid off here. it was an md-88, but in these kinds of conditions especially at laguardia tom, you and i both know that they often had shut down what it seems like rather quickly. yeah, no that s absolutely true. this is, you know i i m not sure now if this is the busiest or jfk is the busiest airport in new york. they rival each other clearly for domestic travel. laguardia is the busiest, and as you know it s a difficult airport to come into because you re really coming right over the city there p.and if this if this situation is that they have got a tremendous amount of snow and ice buildup there at laguardia compounding with the traffic that they experienced on a regular basis into laguardia that can really complicate matters. they do, however, as you know have very experienced air traffic controllers at la guardia. it s one of the most dema
what happened. it s going to take them a long time to figure it out though, right? yes. two things investigated this is the different roles of the innocent ntsb and the faa. ntsb will look at the proximate cause or the last thing that could have prevented the accident before it happened and that most likely fall on the pilot because the pilot is the one that makes the decision as to whether he wants to accept the conditions at the one erunway or not. the faa has nine responsibilities within those is one of did the proper procedure, procedure procedures followed in order to buy the airport and port authority whether they cleared the runway properly and if they did or didn t did they report those conditions back to the air traffic controllers or give to the pilots properly? so those are the two main focuses of the ntsb and faa at this time. can this plane be repaired? we see some significant structural damage to this md-88. i do not think it will be.
one of america s busiest airports. the flight from atlanta was coming in for a landing at laguardia. then lost control, ending up just feet from the water. as soon as we landed we felt the wheels hit the runway and we did not feel the wheels take traction and we started to skid and we skid to the left side of the runway and we continued to skid. we literally were a couple feet away from heading into the water. reporter: airport officials say the two planes that landed on the runway before the delta flight reported good braking action. 127 passengers aboard the md-88 were evacuated from the plane using emergency exits on the wings. port authority officials say the emergency chutes did not deploy. 24 people were injured, three taken to the hospital. one of the passengers new york giants tight end larry donald, who shot this video. port authority officials dealt with a fuel leak from the plane.
is continuing to snow here very heavily which is going to make life very difficult for individuals who are trying to clean up that mess. i can tell you that our steve mackalak, a photo journalist with cnn is at the scene now. you can see the plane surrounded with ambulances, lots of emergency help there, but as we understand it, everybody has been removed from the plane and we believe at this point only minor injuries. john? miguel marquez stand by. we have a new statement from the faa on what s happening here. the delta incident, 1086 flight from atlanta. this is the statement from the faa. delta air lines 1086, an md-88 aircraft slid off the side runway, runway 13 at laguardia airport after landing at about 11:10 a.m. today. the flight was arriving from hartsfield jackson international airport. we re told to check with delta for the exact number of persons. the faa says they will update us