A charter plane carrying 143 people from the U.S. military base in Cuba to north Florida ended up in a river off the end of a runway Friday night, and while some passengers were hospitalized, no critical injuries or deaths were reported, officials said. Everyone on the plane was alive and accounted for, the agency posted, with 21 adults transported to local hospitals in good condition. 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 5 miles (8 kilometres) south of NAS Jacksonville. The Federal Aviation Administration was referring media inquiries to NAS Jacksonville.

Source: Huffington Post May 04, 2019 13:30 UTC