On Friday night, a Boeing 737 plane arriving from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba went off the runway into the St. Johns River in Florida. Thankfully, everyone was safe. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the plane is in shallow water and not submerged.
“The plane slid off a runway into the St. Johns River at 9:40 p.m. ET, a spokesman from the Naval Air Station Jacksonville said. It appears to have skidded off the airport runway while trying to land and ended up in the river, CNN affiliate WJXT reported.”1
The plane was described as a private jet charter although it was initially called it a commercial flight.
#JSO Marine Unit was called to assist @NASJax_ in reference to a commercial airplane in shallow water. The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for. pic.twitter.com/4n1Fyu5nTS
— Jax Sheriff’s Office (@JSOPIO) May 4, 2019
Fire and rescue crews were on the scene.
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