A Boeing 737 arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with 136 passengers and seven aircrew slid off the runway into the St. Johns River, a NAS Jacksonville news release said. Michael Connor, the commanding officer of NAS Jacksonville, said during a news conference that passengers were a mix of civilian and military personnel. Liz Torres told the Florida Times-Union that she heard what sounded like a gunshot Friday night from her home in Orange Park, about eight kilometres south of NAS Jacksonville. A Boeing 737 plane arriving from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba went off the Naval Air Station Jacksonville runway in Florida and into the St. Johns River on Friday night. The Federal Aviation Administration was referring media inquiries to NAS Jacksonville.

Source: CBC News May 04, 2019 10:14 UTC