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Over the bay. the left wing as that plane came violently around and in that embankment almost perpendicular was. amazing nobody badly injured. now the airport here starting slowly to get back to normal. flights starting to get back on the schedule here after 2:00 p.m. with the outbound flights only at the moment. inbound still a problem because they probably won't be able to land planes until that md-88 is off the tarmac. >> i'm wondering if you know any more about that fuel leak. you said it was contained but did fuel leak into the water there? >> reporter: it did not and that is part of the ...

Socked in with this weather system. here in washington we're expecting to get anywhere from six to eight inches of snow by the time the evening rush hour wraps up if we have one today and clearly that same weather pattern now moving up the entire east coast. you know this is -- if you look at the -- if you look at how many flights we see on a normal day, something like 25,000 commercial passenger planes on a given day, it is astonishing the safety record that we have in this country, thankfully and these incidents are really rather rare. >> they are indeed but certainly that doesn't, as you we...

Traction and braking action and your car spins, the roar ear of car goes sideways. it's the same exact thing. remember, on the to help the traction on that runway. when it snows and it's icy since you cannot put salt on the runway, you have to rely on being able to get some sort of braking action. this big huge md-88, this huge aircraft literally was acting like a car spinning out on the road. and most likely no control and no braking action on that runway. so if they have a contract on that runway, not like this, out of control on the ice. >> mary stand by. you're looking at pictures of

Credit karma. really free. welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. just imagine 127 passengers clutching those arm rests for dear life as they gritted out what must have been the scariest ride of their lives. passengers on the delta flight that careened off a runway at new york's laguardia airport today say they felt the wheels bounce, then slide on the snow-covered tarmac. tom foreman's in the cnn virtual room to try to explain why and how this happened. tom, so what was going on with the plane's mechanics as the pilot tried to make this landing? >> reporter: there's no indication ther...

Don't see anybody who is in obvious need of medical care. >> all right, tom. we'll continue to follow this developing news from laguardia airport, the flight delta flight, 1086 for those who may just be joining in the flight skid off the runway at new york's laguardia airport just a short time ago. the faa has confirmed no injuries at this time. passengers have de-planed this aircraft, an md-88, again, from atlanta to la guardia. some pretty treacherous conditions here in the new york area and throughout the east coast. we do not know exactly what happened here but we can make i think a reason...