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Skidding off a slippery runway in new york thursday night. fortunately, no one hurt but the vp nominee said it was a bit scary. >> when we landed, it was obvious, i think to everybody on the plane that the pilots were hitting the brake very hard trying to get the plane stopped. we felt it i think fish tailing a little bit and then it slid to the right. it was about 10 seconds of uncertainty. >> let's get right to new york's laguardia airport for the latest on just what happened. tom costello. >> reporter: federal aviation authorities are telling us it appears this plane came in too far down th...

Happened. >> reporter: exactly. the flight data recorders we do know were taken back to d.c. overnight. they're in good shape. there was some soot on them. they are getting all of that information out of them as we speak. there is also an operational meeting going on here. they may be able to get some of that information to folks here on the ground so they have a better understanding of what was into on on that plane. they will give more information about the shape of the investigation and where it is. so we do know there is more information coming later this afternoon. >> thanks so much. it l...

Information, the radar data, atc information, and the flight data recorder parameters and also interview the plights. it's really important to put all you have the pieces of the puzzle together, to not just understand what happened, but understand why it happened so we can prevent accidents like this occurring in the future. >> sure. i can understand that it be less important that the pilot may have been come in at too steep a angle and that too slow of a pace. and you need to know why that is so? >> sure. and you know what? stabilized approaches have long been a concern, safety concern for th...

It. for example in the accident at heathrow where the engine spooled back and the plane crashed short of the runway, they knew that happened, but they had no idea what caused the engines to perform in that way. it could be a similar case here. they may see what happened, but what caused it to take place. they may also see human factors at play. were the pilots on top of their game, did they do their checklist, was the right pilot calling out the altitude correctly. >> some of the information we're hearing from passengers is interesting to me. have they corralled the passengers? obviously some ...

Investigation. obviously the airport local authorities want to be kept up with what's going on here. could bring some expertise to this, as well. just a number of people. those flight data recorders now back in washington and we understand that they are getting a pretty good dump of information out of them as they were undamaged from this crash. >> we understand as well that boeing is at least offered to help. obviously they built the plane and so are interested in whatever went on. and as we're awaiting the new conference by at least the ntsb and perhaps some others joining them, if you are f...