FLORIDA: Two passengers sustained injuries after a Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board skidded off the runway and slid into the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday.
The incident took place when the plane was attempting to land during a heavy thunderstorm. However, no fatalities were reported, according to a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The flight, which was arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, went into the river at the end of the runway, said the air station.
“The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter.
The sheriff’s tweet was accompanied by two photographs showing the plane bearing the logo of Miami Air International resting in shallow water and fully intact.
Miami Air International is a charter airline operating a fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
(Agencies)
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