Posted on 05/03/2019 8:46:12 PM PDT by PA Engineer
JACKSONVILLE, FL - A Department of Defense plane from Guantanamo Bay skidded off a runway into shallow water late Friday.
"At approximately 9:40 p.m. today, a Boeing 737 arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into Naval Air Station Jacksonville crashed into the St. Johns River at the end of the runway," Naval Air Station Jacksonville said in a statement. "Navy security and emergency response personnel are on the scene and monitoring the situation."
The mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry, earlier tweeted it was a commercial plane, but it was actually a 737 contracted by the Department of Defense. He later said "all lives have been accounted for."
Authorities also said teams were working to control jet fuel which had leaked into the water. The plane skidded off the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The FAA says two people received minor injuries.
Wow, scary.
Miami Air = DOD plane?
Only two?
Wow. So glad only two...
The plane is in VERY shallow water just off the end of runway 9 (east bound) at NAS Jax
The plane was landing in light winds (<6 kts) when a sudden, very brief, thunderstorm passed over the runway from west to east. This was the same direction as the plane was landing. There is speculation, no hard facts, that there may have been a down-burst. This would have caused a sudden lost of lift
Given that there was sudden heavy rain, I think the plane was unable to stop. It certainly wasn't going very fast when it went off the runway.
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This happens about once a month. They fly in on Friday evening and back on Sunday evening. It lets the dependents shop for things they can't get at Gitmo.
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Flightaware track for the aircraft in question:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/BSK293/history/20190503/2319Z/MUGM/KNIP
I wonder if I will see this someday on Aircraft Investigations? I watch that show several times a week.
Word is a lot of Boeing’s manufacturing lately has been shoddy and outsourced.
Wow... thanks for the many interesting details, FRiend.
The reputation of the wonderful 737 is taking a real beating lately. :-/
Saw this ‘home-made’ simulation on YOUTUBE.
This simulation crash is made with x-plane 11 flight simulator [XP11]
THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, THIS IS ONLY A SIMULATED FLIGHT CRASH OF MIAMI AIR FLIGHT LL293.
Little creepy at end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFp5b8vUimE
Saw this ‘home-made’ simulation on YOUTUBE.
This simulation crash is made with x-plane 11 flight simulator [XP11]
THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, THIS IS ONLY A SIMULATED FLIGHT CRASH OF MIAMI AIR FLIGHT LL293.
Little creepy at end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFp5b8vUimE
Saw this ‘home-made’ simulation on YOUTUBE.
This simulation crash is made with x-plane 11 flight simulator [XP11]
THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, THIS IS ONLY A SIMULATED FLIGHT CRASH OF MIAMI AIR FLIGHT LL293.
Little creepy at end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFp5b8vUimE
Everyone knows that this can’t happen in America. It can only happen when you are dealing with low quality 3rd world pilots.
Yep. It's disheartening. Not a good time for Boeing right now.
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