Passengers escape after plane skids off runway into river in Jacksonville

Boeing 737 was landing at a naval airport when it ended up in the St Johns river but 143 passengers and crew survive All 143 passengers and... thumbnail 1 summary

Boeing 737 was landing at a naval airport when it ended up in the St Johns river but 143 passengers and crew survive

All 143 passengers and crew have escaped after a Boeing 737 plane skidded off a runway and landed in a river during a “terrifying” attempted landing at an airport in Jacksonville, Florida.

The military-chartered Miami Air international plane was trying to land in a thunderstorm at the naval air station in Jacksonville en route from Guántanamo Bay in Cuba at around 9.40pm local time when it slid off the runway into the St Johns river, a statement from the navy airport said.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2J1aaPZ

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