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A federal investigation is under way into an accident that shut down new york's la guardia airport for hours. a delta jetliner skidded in the snow during landing, stopping just feet away from frigid waters. passengers scrambled to evacuate at the plane leaked fruluel. the national guard is called out to rescue hundreds in kentucky. some have been stuck since overnight in a potentially life-threatening situation. the former head of the national transportation safety board, she's standing by live. we have our correspondents analysts and news makers in the storm zone and across the united state...

They will capture the recorders and any information that they need right away. i think the weather is going to work against getting a go team in there just because of what's going on in washington and in new york trying to actually get the team up there physically will be one of the biggest challenges. one of the most interesting developments for us all of us not just you in the news media but for investigators, is the advent of all of the video tech technology and data that can be secured. there's a lot of surveillance video on that property at the airport that they will be looking at that ri...

Are stuck here tonight and throughout new york city and around the country, flights were affected as a result of this. >> will ripley at laguardia. we will get back to you. passengers from the jet are telling harrowing stories about what they saw and felt as their plane went off the runway. >> the plane came down and it slid and then it took a spin to the left and we looked out the window and we could see the wing was hitting a fence. >> once we got off the plane, i could tell that it was a little more serious than i thought it was. because getting off the plane, i'm jumping out the window sli...

Flying in these awful conditions? >> you know i think they will look very closely at -- as they always do, at the human, the machine and the environment. when we talk about the decision making of the crew to come in we also are going to be looking at in an investigation the conditions at the airport. it is the airport's responsibility to maintain those runways, to make sure that they are clear and that the crews can land and to report accurately the conditions. so the environment is very important, particularly in these inclement weather with contaminated runway surfaces. >> tell us -- investi...

World. they barely have one runway operational. they are barely getting flights ouchlt out of here. the conditions changed so quickly that a plane slid down the runway coming dangerously close to the icy water. it's a terrifying image for everyone who flies. a delta passenger jet skidding off a slick and snowy runway at one of mesh'samerica's busiest airports. the flight from atlanta was coming in and lost control ending up feet from the water. >> as soon as we landed we felt the wheels hit the runway and we did not feel the wheels take traction. we started to skid. and we skid to the left sid...