New photo released by the NTSB shows an aerial view of the Boeing 737-800 resting on shallow water in Jacksonville, Florida, after skidding off the runway, causing minor injuries. 136 passengers and seven crew members were on board the flight.
A Department of Defense plane from Guantanamo Bay skidded off a runway into shallow water in Jacksonville, Florida, late Friday, but officials said there were no serious injuries.
The flight is what is called"the rotator" flight that flies out of Guantanamo on Tuesdays and Fridays. It’s a regularly scheduled charter flight that flies from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Jacksonville and then continues on to Norfolk, Virginia, said Bill Dougherty, a spokesman for Navy Region Southeast.
"At approximately 9:40 p.m. today, a Boeing 737 arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into Naval Air Station Jacksonville crashed into the St. Johns River at the end of the runway," Naval Air Station Jacksonville said in a statement."Navy security and emergency response personnel are on the scene and monitoring the situation."
The mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry, earlier tweeted it was a commercial plane, but it was actually a 737 contracted by the Department of Defense. He later said"all lives have been accounted for."
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