{"id":16740,"date":"2019-05-03T22:56:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T05:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=16740"},"modified":"2019-05-03T22:56:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T05:56:18","slug":"boeing-737-plane-with-143-on-board-skids-into-st-johns-river-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=16740","title":{"rendered":"Boeing 737 Plane With 143 On Board Skids Into St. Johns River In Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A plane arriving in Jacksonville, Fla., skidded into the St. Johns River on Friday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A Boeing 737 arriving at the naval air station in Jacksonville, Fla., from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, skidded into the St. Johns River on Friday night.<\/p>\n

All 136 passengers and seven flight crew members on board are alive and accounted for, officials at Naval Air Station Jacksonville said in a statement. Twenty-one adults were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries reported.<\/p>\n

“Non-critical status is what we had of the 21 individuals transported [to local hospitals],” Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department spokesman Tom Francis said.<\/p>\n

The plane, which went off the runway at 9:40 p.m. ET, was in “shallow water” and “not submerged,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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#<\/span>JSO<\/span><\/a> Marine Unit was called to assist @<\/span>NASJax_<\/span><\/a> in reference to a commercial airplane in shallow water. The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for.<\/p>\n

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Navy security and emergency response personnel are on the scene, and an investigation into the accident is underway, the Navy statement said.<\/p>\n

Boeing also said it was investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

“We are aware of an incident in Jacksonville, Fla. and are gathering information,” Boeing said\u00a0in a tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry\u00a0posted updates<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter. He said the White House called to help as the situation unfolded.<\/p>\n

Officials did not immediately say what caused the plane to leave the runway.<\/p>\n

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