BREAKING: Passenger Plane Carrying 142 People Skids Off Runway Into St. Johns River in Jacksonville
By Space Coast Daily // May 4, 2019
no reported fatalities
(FOX NEWS) – A Boeing 737 jet arriving from Guantanamo Bay reportedly carrying 142 passengers and crew members went off the runway into the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday evening.
A “massive rescue response” was underway at the scene but there were no reported fatalities, Jacksonville’s WJXT-TV reported.
“Every person is alive and accounted for,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Twitter message.
#JSO Marine Unit was called to assist @NASJax_ in reference to a commercial airplane in shallow water. The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for. pic.twitter.com/4n1Fyu5nTS
— Jax Sheriff’s Office (@JSOPIO) May 4, 2019
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