After the accident involving a Delta Air Lines plane that skidded off a New York airport runway last week, investigators on Monday continue to test the aircraft’s anti-skid and auto-brake systems Monday.
According to an update from the National Transportation Safety Board in its investigation of the Thursday accident at New York’s LaGuardia airport, the flight crew was interviewed in Atlanta on Saturday and said that although the auto-brakes were set to their maximum level, “they did not sense any wheel brake deceleration.” The captain also said he was unable to prevent the plane from drifting left. The crew said the runway “appeared all white when they broke out of the overcast, moments before landing,” but air traffic control had given reports that braking action was “good” for flights that had landed several minutes prior.
Of the 127 passengers on board on the Atlanta-New York flight, 23 received minor injuries and others were taken to the hospital for evaluation, according to the NTSB. All passengers have since been released.
The Boeing MD-88 jet had damage to the left wing and left wing fuel tank, nose and nose landing gear and the underside of the plane. Also damaged was about 940 feet of the airport’s perimeter fence.
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