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Investigate the cause of the skid. >> obviously the pilot and the co-pilot's good efforts were reflected in the fact that there were only minor injuries. >> reporter: at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time amid freezing fog and falling snow the delta flight landed on laguardia's runway 13. upon touching down the md-88 lost control skidding just over halfway down the 7,000 foot runway then a sharp and violent turn to the left. the plane's nose slamming the embankment so hard it ripped off. its left wing damaged, leaking fuel. >> she is leaking fuel on the left side of the aircraft heavily. >> y...

They're like hurry up. i see gas coming out of the wing. >> there's leaking fuel on the side. >> you said leaking fuel? >> affirm. his wing is ruptured. >> leaking a gallon a minute. the leak was stopped. >> reporter: at least two dozen passengers were injured and three were taken to hospitals. this video was shot by new york giants tight end larry da knell, a passenger on the plane. he wasn't hurt. the md88 briefly circled due to the snowy conditions before it was cleared for landing. airport officials say the runway was plowed just minutes before and two planes recorded good braking action s...

7,000 feet of runway. the md-88 needs about 5,000 feet on a good day. you had low visibility low ceiling and a contaminated runway. which means it's got some ice or it's slick. air traffic controller relies primarily on pilot reports. the plane that went in before them said headquarters good braking action it's fine. it's a dynamic situation, the weather is changing and one person's good braking might be another guy's slick runway. >> miles calls it a varsity airport. anyone who flies in and out of there a lot may use something more negative when discussing laguardia airport. is this a situati...

>> and go ahead, miles. >> all right. start out with laguardia airport with 7,000 feet of runway, it is a varsity airport landing site for sure for experienced airliners. the md-88 needs about 1,000 landing runway, and on this day, the ceiling is low and the navigation equipment will allow you the land this in worse weather, and so it chose to land on the runway even though the wind did not favor it, so this particular airplane had a quartering tailwind meaning a crosswind component. and two things were happening. you had very close to the minimums for waeteather. and you had a plane that was ...

Most part, this airport is struggling back into action. this morning, the priority to lift the battered fuselage of delta flight 1086 from laguardia's runway delta airlines the ntsb and port authority working to investigate the cause of the skid. >> obviously the pilot and the co-pilot's good efforts were reflected in fact there were only minor injuries. >> at 11:00 a.m. local time amid freezing fog and falling snow the delta flight landed on laguardia's runway 13. the md-88 lost control. skidding just over halfway down the 7,000-foot runway a sharp and violent turn to the left. the plane's no...