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Boeing 737 With 143 On Board Falls Into River In US, 21 Injured
A chartered Boeing 737 jetliner with 143 individuals on board slid off a runway and into the St Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while endeavoring to arrive at an army installation in a rainstorm, harming 21 individuals.
There were no reports of fatalities or basic wounds. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said on Twitter that each of the 21 individuals who had been taken to a clinic for treatment was recorded in great condition.
The plane, a 737-800 touching base from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba with 136 travelers and seven group individuals, collided with the waterway toward the finish of the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville about 9:40 p.m. nearby time, a representative for the Florida air base said.
"The plane was not submerged. Each individual is alive and represented," the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said on Twitter.
The sheriff's tweet was joined by two photos appearing plane, which bears the logo of Miami Air International, resting in shallow water and completely flawless.
The city hall leader of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry, said on Twitter that US President Donald Trump had called him to offer assistance.
"No fatalities detailed. We are all in this together. Assimilate that," Curry said in a different tweet.
A traveler on board the plane, lawyer Cheryl Bormann, told CNN in a meeting that the flight, which had been four hours late in withdrawing, made an "actually hard arriving" in Jacksonville in the midst of thunder and lightning.
"We descended, the plane truly hit the ground and bobbed, it was clear the pilot did not have complete control of the plane, it ricocheted once more," she stated, including that the experience was "frightening.
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