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On the runway. some can see what's going on. what you saw on the right-hand side of the screen looked a lot like it could be the northeast as well, but it wasn't. it was kentucky. this weather system that has 90 million americans in its cross hairs has kentucky in the cross hairs too. if you plan to go down that roadway or just care about those on the roadway on that screen, they are stuck. some of them for upwards of 14 hours. those are the two weather stories. also want to get back up to new york. this weather story and this airplane crash story is developing as well. miguel marquez is live ...

Factors here that may have contributed to this incident. and then lastly i would say about the md-88, this is from the md-80 series of planes built by mcdonald douglas. then boeing bought mcdonald douglas. a very very respected workhorse of a plane that's been around for the better part of 30 years. this particular subset the md-88, was specifically requested by delta. so the md-80 family as a whole came out, you know starting in the '80s or so but delta specifically asked their version of it the md-88, to come out in the late '80s, early '90s. it's been very reliable for delta. now they're st...

It was a small wedding but it's incredibly emotional not to be there. >> reporter: this winter has been so bad for travelers and it's cost them big. nearly $3 billion this season alone. brianna? >> sunlen serfaty, thank you. chad myers is in our severe weather center. chad, why are so many airports still backed up. sunlen called it the hangover. >> you know, it is. because all of the pilots that are there may not be with the equipment that they need to fly. pilots are assigned and classified and qualified on certain planes. a he if a dc-9 is sitting there and you've got an md-88 pilot there, t...

Storms in what was left of their homes. residents, he said, seemed confused and eager for any information that i had. in atlanta today a routine flight turned scary for people on board a delta flight out of pittsburgh. an md-88 with more than 40 passengers and 5 crew members on board caught fire shortly after landing at hartsfield-jackson international airport. the airline says nobody hurt. george howell of our affiliate wsb talked with one of the passengers on board. >> reporter: emergency crews responded to delta flight 2284 from pittsburgh after officials say the brakes overheated on the ...

On board a delta flight out of pittsburgh. an md-88 with more than 40 passengers and 5 crew members on board caught fire shortly after landing at hartsfield-jackson international airport. the airline says nobody hurt. george howell of our affiliate wsb talked with one of the passengers on board. >> reporter: emergency crews responded to delta flight 2284 from pittsburgh after officials say the brakes overheated on the taxiway causing a fire. >> they kept telling us they were assessing the situation and when the fire broke out, they opened the doors and we went down the emergency chutes. >> rep...