NTSB ruling on Delta Air Lines MD88 incident

The pilots of the Delta Air Lines MD-88 that skidded off the runway at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) on March 5 “did not sense any wheel brake deceleration” upon landing and were “unable to prevent the airplane from drifting left,” according to a report by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). NTSB said the pilots had decided to land during snowy conditions after being informed by air traffic controllers that other aircraft had reported “good” breaking action on LGA’s runway 13. The pilots have told NTSB “the runway appeared all white when they broke out of the overcast,