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Boeing plane skids into Florida river in crash-landing, no fatalities

MIAMI: (DNA) – A Boeing 737 slid off a runway into a river after crash-landing at a Florida naval air station on Friday, officials said, with no fatalities reported.

The plane carrying 143 people including crew from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba ended in shallow water next to the air station in Jacksonville, with all passengers safely evacuated, naval authorities said.

“There were 136 passengers and seven aircrew on board and all have been accounted for,” Naval Air Station Jacksonville said in a statement.






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