however, just because the runway is open doesn t mean the airport is necessarily going to be taking planes because you had a lot of cancellations due to the weather. then cancellations due to this incident on runway 13. so i suspect that for the most part, laguardia is going to be seeing very limited operations all day today. i suspect it s going to take a while to clear the debris, to clear that plane off of runway 13. so i think that was the most important thing we learned today. yeah, previous pilots just four minutes before this plane came in reported when they came in they had good braking action. and we also know that the route that the runway had been plowed within a few minutes of this incident. the other interesting factor i think was just one more indication of how well prepared new york is for an emergency. the airport fire and rescue teams had just done two drills in the last three weeks for this very kind of an incident. a plane going off the end of a runway or banking a
the airport is closed. the airport is closed. call 100, say again. tower, we have an aircraft off 31. please advise crash rescue laguardia airport is closed at this time. the pilots in that communication, they had no choice but to turn a different direction to go land at jfk maybe, maybe newark. ultimately it is in general to land when the runway is open in bad conditions. you re a pilot. how difficult is it for you to know precisely whether it s safe to land? well, there is a lot of instrumentation at an airport that give you up-to-date real-time data what is going on the wind conditions the visibility the height of the ceiling, and a key factor is the braking action on the runway. the one thing that is required to get that information is a truck needs to roll down the runway with a sensor behind it to determine the braking action.
northern new jersey area. you now says that delta had 127 passengers on board and five crew members and 132 people altogether. minor injuries. some individuals have been transported to hospitals. the fire department of new york has different people saying 24 injured and nonlife-threatening and three transported to hospitals after this delta md-88 skidded off the runway. fortunately stopped just before it would have crossed an embankment or that berm and gone through the fence into the waters that surround laguardia airport. our safety analyst was listening closely what we just heard from the port authority and the delta spokeswoman. what did you think, david? two things stood out to me. he said minutes prior to this there was good braking action and that was reported by the two pilots who had just landed just minutes before this. you had mentioned before wolf about how quickly conditions can change. yes, you do have good braking action until you don t and that
the incident at 11:05, two planes landed and reported good braking action on the runways. the runway this particular runway had been plowed shortly before the incident. and pilots on other planes reported good braking action. yes? [ inaudible ] i think the pilot did everything he could to slow the aircraft down. obviously the pilot and co-pilots good efforts were reflected in the fact there were only minor injuries. [ inaudible ] i think what you re referring to is what s called emass, an faa required area at the end of each runway which slows aircrafts down if they overshoot. approximately 4500 to 5,000 feet down the runway the plane veered
and five were taken to the hospital. a minor fuel leak was also reported after the incident? the executive director of the port authority commented on the runway conditions. shortly before the incident two planes landed and reported good braking action on the runways. the runway this particular runway had been plowed shortly before the incident. and the pilots on the other planes reported good braking action. one runway has been reopened at laguardia. it s not clear when the the other runways will be available for flight or reopened. anthony roman is the president and faa licensed commercial pilot. a lot to unpack here. what s your take from what you know today after everything that s unfolded. well there is no good reason for this aircraft to have weather weather