Boeing Commercial Jet Plunges Into River With 136 Passengers

Naval Air Station authorities have confirmed a Boeing 737 commercial jet with 136 people on board slid into the St. John’s River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday.

Spokesperson for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said the flight arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay went into the river at the end of the runway at about 9:40 p.m. local time.

According to Reuter, the air station said the mayor of Jacksonville said on Twitter that everyone on board the flight was “alive and accounted for” but that crews were working to control jet fuel on the water.

The flight was arriving from Cuba, the air station spokesperson said.

Emergency response personnel were on the scene. No further details were immediately available.

(Cover: A Boeing 737 skids off the runway into a river near Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., May 4, 2019. /Courtesy of Florida’s Sheriff Office via Twitter)