Posted on 05/03/2019 8:08:07 PM PDT by Libloather
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A commercial jet carring 142 people went down in the St. Johns River near NAS Jacksonville on Friday, according to the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department.
All people on board were alive and accounted for, according to Fire Rescue and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
The plane was said to be a 737 airplane. These photos were shared by the Sheriff's Office:
(Excerpt) Read more at news4jax.com ...
Couple observations. The radome is missing and so is the weather radar. Below th F/O’s sliding window, right above the water line, you can see the acronym “ETOPS”. That is the desigination for twin engine aircraft operated for long distances over water, Extended Twin Engine Operations, or the simple words of A&P mechanics, Enigines Turn Or Passengers Swim.
The other guy was flying an A320 not a B737. There are subtle differences in the flying characteristics.
Those engines will need a major refurb...........
Damn, you’re smart!
Looks like a big Tylenol with wings
“The Airbus A320 family consists of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320_family
The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twinjet narrow-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing
737 is up to 215 passengers and A320 is up to 236
Bottom line is they both landed big ass airliners on a river
No, I have just heard it too many times from pilots. If you want to screw up a water landing, and destory the plane and probably kill yourself, put the landing gear down.
Wow. You’d think this would be a bigger story. First o head about it.
Department of Defense Boeing 737 plane skids off Florida runway into the water; 2 minor injuries
Coming from Gitmo...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3746781/posts
“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.”
Where be its nose?
The two things are not mutually exclusive. Might be both.
Upon landing it skidded off the runway and into the river. It was returning from GITMO.
Very likely...
You funny....
At this point we have zero information on why this happened. Most fortunately all survived. In a few months we will really know what happened. If their were no mechanical problems with the aircraft or severe weather, the pilots well eat this.
The landing gear was down, the plane skidded off the runway. See post #29.
“Florida Man Lands 737 in Water”
I like it. Take it to print.
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.”
http://www.wbrz.com/news/two-injured-after-boeing-737-skids-off-jacksonville-runway-into-water
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.
Looks like the captain remembered to keep the Pitot tube closed.
Intersting, the excerpt made it sound like it was a water landing. he obviously landed on ground and overshot at a much lower speed, its different than a water landing.
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