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Very, very bad all day. id like to welcome our viewers here in united states and around the world as we look at these pictures of delta flight 1086 from atlanta to new york as it skidded off the runway in new york city. the fire department in new york city tell us all the passengers have been cleared from the plane. we see video of the situation right after. this is a first picture weve seen of passengers leaving that aircraft. our miguel marquez in laguardia reporting that there do appear to be...

Locations. the fire department is now saying that 16 individuals have suffered minor neck or back injuries. one person it sounds like has actually been transported. everybody else is off and safe from that flight. we understand its 131 passengers and crew all together on that md-88 on its way from atlanta airport to here in new york. that runway when you -- hearing the person that just spoke, seeing what others are saying about what happened on that plane, it is clear that when it came in over t...

Guardia airport in a terrible snowstorm. the weather has been awful for hours and it just got a lot worse for all of the people on delta flight 1086 coming in from atlanta into new york citys la guardia airport. this is how those passengers landed on runway 13. in this md-88 aircraft with 125 passengers on board and five crew members. this is how they deplaned. you can see them exiting that over the wing exit and sliding down the chutes to the back of the wing. if theres any reason to read the s...

Breaking news here at cnn. we are covering a weather story that has branched out into a lot of accidents and small crises in fact. the latest incident just happening a little over an hour ago at la guardia airport in new york. that is an md-88. its flight 1086 that was supposed to land here in new york from atlanta. it landed, skidded, went up and over that berm through a fence. passengers having to get out the exits onto the wing and slide down to the runway. some not wearing anything other tha...

Washington. we begin with the breaking news the emergency situation at new yorks laguardia airport in the snow. the faa tells nbc news that delta flight 1086 was landing coming in from atlanta when it slid off the runway. and nbcs tom costello joins us with more. tom, you were talking about the arrester beds we know that the runway there is surrounded by water. we dont know but it certainly looks like that was the last line of defense. >> well, yeah i want to preface that yet again, we dont know...

For the airport to advise of runway condition, and they probably did. it might be a situation where they just had to get this flight down. >> again, we dont know exactly what happened here. the problem whether the problem was in the air or happened only when that flight landed. this is the best picture weve had so far. you can see the passengers evacuating this delta flight 1086, originated in atlanta, landed here in new york city just a short time ago. its an md-80 aircraft. you can also see cl...

On runway 13. that may mean something to you. im 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 thats absolutely true. this is, you know i -- im not sure now if this is the busiest or jfk is the busiest airport in new york. they rival each other clearly for domestic ...

What happened. its 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...

One of americas 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 t...

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 wha...