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Runway no overrun area. its a dicey airport on a good day. this was by no means a good day. this was very marginal conditions. you had a runway that the term is contaminated meaning it was icy. the question of what the braking capability on the runway is very important. they were landing downwind meaning they had a tail wind which would mean the aircraft was going faster relative to the ground and it was also some component of that wind was a cross-wind which would have caused instability potent...

Of the patterns and practices of those police officers. >> we know the patterns and practices in detail what was going on in ferguson elsewhere as well. thanks very much for joining us. daryl parks, thanks as well. new details on the airliner accident in new york. a plane with more than 130 people on board sliding off a runway nearly plunging into frigid water. north korea ishailing the knife attack. we are learning about the assault and what may lie behind it.

Thousands of flight cancellations across the country. according to website flight tracker, 5,000 cancellations, 5,000 delays and a lot of them as a direct result of the fact that this airport in the busy new york city air space is shut down forcing flights to be rerouted leaving a lot of people across the united states and internationally grounded right now. wolf? >> so whats the mood over there? i take it the passengers trying to reroute themselves, there must be a lot of frustration. on the ot...

>> i spoke with one passenger who described the feeling of the plane sliding. two planes actually lafrndnded shortly before this. the pilots didnt have problems. what was going on? >> a couple things to think about. weather, of course is extremely dynamic. it can change by the minute. we were at that point in time the wind was shifting around. the rain was turning to freezing rain eventually into snow. so what happens between just a couple of minutes can be very different. each aircraft can be d...

Just a few feet before those frigid waters of flushing bay. maybe the fence, maybe that little berm maybe that little hill whatever they want to call it that helped stop that plane. is that what theyre suggesting, the authorities? >> reporter: in fact its the same berm that stopped a flight in 1994 from also actually going into the water. thats what people here are really thankful for right now, because had the plane slid a bit further, had that berm not been there, that plane could have very we...

Flying successfully is making sure that they have maintenance programs and continuous inspections. so if there is any mechanical issue that needs to be addressed, miles talked about thrust reversers, brakes they will be looking at the performance of those devices. not just for this aircraft but for the entire fleet to see if there is something that needs to be learned. >> i asked the question -- this plane reportedly as soon as it touched down did not have traction that the two planes that lande...

La guardia airport is closed at this time. >> reporter: tonight, the website flightaware says 10,000 flights were canceled order delayed. thousands of travelers were stranded as a result of what happened here at la guardia. >> will thanks very much. lets bring in our aviation analyst myles obrien and david susi. how close this ddid this plane come to crashing into the bay over there? >> it looks like within a matter of feet. the airport design the faa is such that that berm was there for two r...

Who else. >> they feel emboldened. >> if we learn nothing else -- >> hold on. hold on for one moment. we have something important to report. this is important news. we can now report this according to nbc news and tmz that the actor harrison ford was seriously injured in a vicinitiage world war ii training plane. this crash occurred in venice california. he was transported to a hospital in critical condition. he was the solo occupant of this small plane. the crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. los...

Minimum, i understand, is about 8,000 feet. they were at about 10,000 and it began to drop off in the distance. my left, your right, at home, the clouds have started to roll in. this has been a 14-day mission for this discovery crew. they have already started to try to make their way back, as you were saying, gretchen. the next window will be at 10:23. they have been up there for 14 days. they have had a record number of women on this specific shuttle mission four and the plan is for these folks...

Russians help, on two fronts they would like medical records and a forensic interview, in which the child is videotaped and asked to show ask tell about certain things. the russians say they will cooperate at this point. kyra? >> well follow it along with you. martin savidge. thanks so much. other top stories right now. the recovery effort at the upper big branch mine in raleigh county, west virginia, is complete. overnight crews removed the last nine bodies of the coal miners who died last we...