Boeing 737 from Gitmo goes off runway into river in Jacksonville, Fla. - News Summed Up

Boeing 737 from Gitmo goes off runway into river in Jacksonville, Fla.


A Boeing 737-800 jet arriving from the Guantanamo Bay military station in Cuba went 100 feet off the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and into the St. Johns River in Florida on Friday evening. The commanding officer at Naval Air Station Jacksonville said the landing was a miracle, according to a reporter from Jacksonville's WOKV Radio. Minor injuries were reported, with people treated at the scene, according to Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Twenty-one others were taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries, according to a reporter from WJXT. A spokesman for the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department said he was relieved that the situation wasn't worse.


Source: Fox News May 04, 2019 02:58 UTC



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