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>> were sitting there and heard this boom coming from this side. >> reporter: authorities say the first call for help came at 11:03 a.m. the two planes were an f-16 traveling from shaw air force base northwest of charleston and a cessna 150, authorities tell us is used an the as a popular training plane for private pilots. the military says the pilot of their aircraft but state officials say the two people flying the cessna were killed. >> the information we have now, they are local. >> reporter...

They are noncome pukom known computations. when you start having to maneuver youre going to lose some altitude and it becomes a little more dicey, but it sounds he clearly saw the golf course and thought thats a suitable place to get a plane down. >> people might be wondering, gosh he was flying a 1942 airplane. thats awfully old, but its very common isnt it? >> vintage planes are very popular in this country. i used to go to oshgosh. they race vintage planes. they are very popular. you take car...

Were called to this crash. harrison ford has survived and is in the hospital. paramedics initiated care. the plane is not your typical american air transport plane. this is a vintage world ward two training plane that he was piloting himself. were told this is an stkr plane. that is a vintage aircraft. apparently he was attempting to return from the santa monica airport where he had just taken off when he radioed back engine trouble. he took off, said he wanted to come back, was not able to get ...

Firefighters that were called to this crash. harrison ford has survived and is in the hospital. paramedics initiated care. the plane is not your typical american air transport plane. this is a vintage world ward two training plane that he was piloting himself. there was nobody else on board. were told this is a ryan aeronautical st-3kr plane. you can see from the markings that it is a vintage aircraft. apparently he was attempting to return from the santa monica airport where he had just taken o...

Wind. meaning, they had cross wind as well as were being pushed by the wind. they would have been landing faster and would have compensated for the cross wind. >> should this plane have been flying in these conditions? >> yes. the aircraft are fit for that. they can land in those conditions. as miles was pointing out, we can go back to that. theres anti-skid systems on the aircraft. many times you land with the brakes nearly on right as you touch down and let the anti-skid figure out which needs...

A federal investigation is under way into an accident that shut down new yorks la guardia airport for hours. a delta jetliner skidded in the snow during landing, stopping just feet away from frigid waters. passengers scrambled to evacuate at the plane leaked fruluel. the national guard is called out to rescue hundreds in kentucky. some have been stuck since overnight in a potentially life-threatening situation. the former head of the national transportation safety board, shes standing by live....

They will capture the recorders and any information that they need right away. i think the weather is going to work against getting a go team in there just because of whats going on in washington and in new york trying to actually get the team up there physically will be one of the biggest challenges. one of the most interesting developments for us all of us not just you in the news media but for investigators, is the advent of all of the video tech technology and data that can be secured. there...

Are stuck here tonight and throughout new york city and around the country, flights were affected as a result of this. >> will ripley at laguardia. we will get back to you. passengers from the jet are telling harrowing stories about what they saw and felt as their plane went off the runway. >> the plane came down and it slid and then it took a spin to the left and we looked out the window and we could see the wing was hitting a fence. >> once we got off the plane, i could tell that it was a litt...

Flying in these awful conditions? >> you know i think they will look very closely at -- as they always do, at the human, the machine and the environment. when we talk about the decision making of the crew to come in we also are going to be looking at in an investigation the conditions at the airport. it is the airports responsibility to maintain those runways, to make sure that they are clear and that the crews can land and to report accurately the conditions. so the environment is very importan...

World. they barely have one runway operational. they are barely getting flights ouchlt out of here. the conditions changed so quickly that a plane slid down the runway coming dangerously close to the icy water. its a terrifying image for everyone who flies. a delta passenger jet skidding off a slick and snowy runway at one of meshsamericas busiest airports. the flight from atlanta was coming in and lost control ending up feet from the water. >> as soon as we landed we felt the wheels hit the run...