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And this is certainly going to continue to be a problem for all of the airports in the area, not only is the visibility going to continue to be low but were seeing the snow come down. were looking at 2 to 3 inches right around laguardia down through jfk and into the city. unfortunately conditions are not going to get any better over the next couple of hours, andrea. >> thanks so much for that update. and we also heard from captain tom bund a few moments ago that that plane did have a tail wind s...

Phone. can you tell us what would have been going on in the cockpit a little over an hour ago when this took place? >> coming into runway 13 the approach is a little steeper than the other approaches. i was thinking that might have made the landing a little more difficult. other thing that i was just checking to see what the prevailing winds are and they are coming from the northwest. if that was -- if the winds havent changed from what they were when the plane landed, they landed in a tail wind...

Fair good or poor. that helps the captain decide if continuing the approach is in fact a good idea. because the situations can change and braking action can deteriorate as conditions on runway get worse or more slippery. so once the airplane is on the ground, there are panels on the wing that come up and transfer of the weight of the airplane on the wheels which help the brakes slow the airplane down. and also theres thrust reverse on the engines that help pt airplanes slow down. there are devic...

he was bailed out almost immediately. they continued an investigation. what police discovered was disturbing. you mentioned the suicide of his son, his 14-year-old son which occurred back in march and followed some relatively minor disciplinary action at the school. following that suicide police say it really set off the father and changed things. they discovered these e-mails that he sent to himself an his wife that describes some very, very disturbing plots at the high school. >> he ...