With 136 on board, Boeing 737 slid off runway and fell into Florida river
Jack May 04, 2019 09:20 IST
A spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said, A Boeing 737 commercial jet carrying 136 people on board slid into the St. John's River near Jacksonville, Florida on friday night.
A Boeing 737 plane was arriving from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
After landing, Boeing 737 slid off at the end of the runway and fell into Florida river. This incident were happened at about 9:40 p.m. local time. In this accident, Everyone is safe.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office tweeted, "The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for".
The Naval station said, "Navy security and emergency response personnel are on the scene and monitoring the situation".
The mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny curry tweeted, "Everyone on board the flight was 'alive and accounted for' but that crews were working to control jet fuel on the water".
With 136 on board, Boeing 737 slid off runway and fell into Florida river
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