Boeing airliner plunges into US river with 136 aboard

[Retina]

MIAMI: A Boeing 737 slid off a runway into a river after crash-landing at a Florida naval air station Friday, officials said, with no fatalities reported.

The plane carrying 143 people including crew from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba ended in shallow water next to the air station in Jacksonville, with all passengers safely evacuated, naval authorities said.

"There were 136 passengers and seven aircrew on board and all have been accounted for," Naval Air Station Jacksonville said in a statement.

Twenty-one adults were taken to local hospitals, but none were critically injured, Jacksonville sheriff's office said on Twitter.

Others were treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Navy security and emergency response personnel including some 90 firefighters attended the scene.

Images showed the plane lying partially submerged in water after the crash-landing.

"All alive and accounted for. Our Fire and Rescue teams are family to all," Mayor of Jacksonville Lenny Curry tweeted.

Teams were working to control jet fuel spilling into the St Johns River, he added.

The "Rotator" flight from the US base in Cuba carries military personnel and family members.

Boeing said it was aware of the incident and gathering information.-AFP

Will it never end?

Reference: https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/05/485491/boeing-airliner-plunges-us-river-136-aboard

[Accounting87]

Thanks God nobody is seriously injured

[markstivn98]

Thank God no one was seriously injured. Because there would have been a great disaster. I am happy that they are all fine. What is the reason behind this incident?

[Retina]

Thank God no one was seriously injured. Because there would have been a great disaster. I am happy that they are all fine. What is the reason behind this incident?

I think main problem Boeing 737 this model maximum problem, I think need to be banned for worldwide  I do not want anyone else to lose any of his family members.

[aplistir]

I think main problem Boeing 737 this model maximum problem, I think need to be banned for worldwide  I do not want anyone else to lose any of his family members.

This was an older version of 737, one of the worlds most famous and safest planes.
Not the new infamous 737 MAX, which is currently banned worldwide.

[Daniel91]

WOW they are happy that they are still alive.
This is the second birthday for all passengers.
There has been a lot of accident in the air lately which makes us think: how safe it is to fly by plane?

[Retina]

I think main problem Boeing 737 this model maximum problem, I think need to be banned for worldwide  I do not want anyone else to lose any of his family members.

This was an older version of 737, one of the worlds most famous and safest planes.
Not the new infamous 737 MAX, which is currently banned worldwide.

A lot of people died  Boeing 737 and 737 MAX I think the bad design and low-quality perlce/machine use sad for that.

WOW they are happy that they are still alive.
This is the second birthday for all passengers.
There has been a lot of accident in the air lately which makes us think: how safe it is to fly by plane?

Yes people are very very lucky.

[cyl2077]

A bad news and a good news. It’s like 1549 flight.

[Vod]

Thanks God nobody is seriously injured

Thank the pilots! 

[goldreset]

Truly thankful that the crash victims are alive.

[btc78]

For how many times that a Boeing airplanes crashed?theres nothing new on this but what is lucky now ia that there are no fatalities and thats something we must be thankful to God

I don't know why still this planes being allowed to travel,this must be stopped for transporting people