the 136 passengers and seven crew members have been on board the Boeing 737 plane after it skidded of the runway and the bottom of the Saint Johns river at 21.40 local time. Some minor injuries have been cared for on the spot and 21 slightly injured people have been transported to the hospital.
Jacksonvillepolisen writes on Twitter that the plane is in shallow waters, and that all on board survived. Emergency responders are at the site. ”Send your prayers while they are working, tweet, the city’s mayor, Lenny Curry on the rescue operation.
It is unclear what caused the accident, which occurred when the aircraft, inbound from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, landed. Boeing stated that the company is aware of the accident and collect information about it, reports Reuters.
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the Plane occupied by the department of defense for regular trips to and from the u.s. military base south of Guantánamo, Cuba. Passengers is, as a rule, military personnel or their dependents, in the present case, there were also children on board.
