NEW YORK -- The National Transportation Safety Board released new details on Gov. Pence’s plane that slid off the runway at LaGuardia Thursday night.
Officials said Pence’s campaign jet skidded 200 feet past the end of the runway, running into the grass at the airport. The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were collected and being sent to Washington for analysis, according to investigators.
During the investigation they will focus on the crew on board, potential mechanical problems and the weather during the incident.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Eastern Airlines plane has never been involved in an accident and has had a minor maintenance issue fixed over the years.
“We’re not here today or tomorrow to determine the cause of the accident,” said Robert Sumwalt, NTSB investigator. “We’re not here to speculate. We’re here to collect what I call, the perishable evidence. It’s that information that will go away with the passage of time.”
The NTSB investigations generally take one year to 18 months to complete.
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According to the FAA, none of the plane's 37 passengers were injured.
U.S. Secret Service agents rushed to the front of the plane to check on Pence once it stopped. Reporters on board said Pence made sure they were all right before exiting the plane.
"It was a low ceiling," Pence said Friday on Good Morning America. "It was a landing at LaGuardia and we just immediately felt heavy breaking on the runway and the plane fishtailed a little bit. Just for a few seconds, you could feel us bouncing off. With mud splattered up on the windows we figured we were off the runway, but thank God everybody was fine."
The plane was going to New York from Iowa after Pence made a campaign stop on Thursday. The Associated Press reports that his plane had a rough landing at the airport in Fort Dodge Thursday afternoon, but was able to stay on the runway.
"I'm just really grateful for some quick action, not only by the pilots, but also by the first responders who seemed like they were on the scene at LaGuardia before the aircraft came to a halt," Pence said. "My son is a Marine Corps aviator and Michael always tells us 'Every landing you walk away from is a good one.'
His plane was delayed in Iowa because of the weather in New York. While there, Pence spent some time tossing a football around on the tarmac with some of the passengers on his flight.
A ground hold at Laguardia led to some football on the tarmac in Iowa. #GameOn pic.twitter.com/Xo89ozpQyB
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) October 27, 2016
