‘Miracle In Jacksonville’ – Boeing 737 Skids Off Runway Into St. John’s River; No Fatalities Reported
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Sat, 05/04/2019
Call it ‘the Miracle in Jacksonville’.
A chartered Boeing 737-8000 skidded off the runway and slid into the St. Johns River late Friday after landing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. According to a flight attendant who was on board, the plane “hit the ground and bounced” on landing.
The plane "hit the ground and bounced" on landing, according to attorney Cheryl Bormann, who was on the flight.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 4, 2019
Amazingly, there were not fatalities. Boeing – already struggling with the mass-groundings of its 737 MAX 8s – and the NTSB have launched investigations into the incident, Bloomberg reports.
The NTSB said it’s sending one of its ‘Go Teams’ to investigate the incident, and Boeing and the Navy said they would provide technical support if possible. The NTSB team is expected to arrive around noon on Saturday.
The NTSB is sending a Go Team to investigate Miami Air International flight 293, a Boeing 737-800, which departed runway and came to rest in St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida (no reported fatalities).
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) May 4, 2019
***Plane incident update***
At approximately 9:40 p.m. today, a Boeing 737 arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into Naval Air Station Jacksonville slid off the runway into the St. Johns River…. https://t.co/7a3gMnJgtK— NAS Jacksonville (@NASJax_) May 4, 2019
Boeing extended its well wishes to everybody on board and asked the press to direct all questions to the NTSB.
Boeing, the manufacturer of the 737-800 that skidded off the runway at NAS Jacksonville, is providing assistance to the NTSB. pic.twitter.com/MX6hKm9E6g
— Florida Times-Union (@jaxdotcom) May 4, 2019
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