Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board, no fatalities

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. MAY 3, 2019 / 11:09 PM / UPDATED 15 MINUTES AGO

Boeing 737 slides into Florida river with 136 on board, no fatalities

(Reuters) - A Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board slid into the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said.

There were no reports of fatalities but local WOKV-TV that at least two people suffered minor injuries and that the plane was attempting to land during a heavy thunderstorm.

The flight arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay went into the river at the end of the runway at about 9:40 p.m. local time, the air station said.

The mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry, said on Twitter that everyone on board the flight was “alive and accounted for” but that crews were working to control jet fuel on the water.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airplane-river/boeing-737-slides-into-florida-river-with-136-on-board-no-fatalities-idUSKCN1SA036

[Boomerproud]

1. So relieved there were no fatalities.

Miraculous.

[Liberal In Texas]

2. Interesting, private from Guantanamo.

The nose with avionics and other electronics was quickly removed.

Defense attorney Cheryl Bormann, described as a 9/11 trial lawyer in a 2018 McClatchy article, told CNN that there were military personnel and civilians connected to the military in some way on board. Bormann said there were families with young children on the plane.

She said the flight hit bad weather, and that the plane’s air conditioning had malfunctioned. She described a bouncy landing.

“It felt like the plane was kind of veering sideways in a way,” she told CNN’s Don Lemon. “All of a sudden it just smashed into something.”

The plane is owned by Miami Air International, which operates charter flights from Guantanamo to Naval air stations in Jacksonville and Norfolk, Virginia. The flights typically carry members of the military being rotated on or off assignments on the base, family members and VIPs.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article230022474.html#storylink=cpy

CIA?