{"id":311980,"date":"2019-05-04T04:34:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T04:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=311980"},"modified":"2019-05-04T04:34:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T04:34:28","slug":"boeing-737-skids-on-runway-falls-into-florida-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/boeing-737-skids-on-runway-falls-into-florida-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing 737 skids on runway, falls into Florida river"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-311981 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/plane-2-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/plane-2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/plane-2-441x420.jpg 441w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/05\/plane-2.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A\u00a0Boeing 737 commercial jet slid into the St John&#8217;s River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe have a commercial plane down on the river. I\u2019ve been briefed by our Fire and Rescue. They are on the scene. While they work please pray,\u201d Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Mayor further said, \u201cI\u2019ve been briefed that all lives have been accounted for. Teams working to control jet fuel in the water.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">No fatalities were reported so far in the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A spokesman from the Naval Air Station Jacksonville said, \u201cthe plane went into the river at the end of the runway at about 9:40 p.m.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for,&#8221; the Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office said on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c21 adults transported to local hospitals by @JFRDJAX. All listed in good condition, no critical injuries,\u201d the Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Boeing 737 commercial jet slid into the St John&#8217;s River near Jacksonville, Florida after landing on Friday, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville said. \u201cWe have a commercial plane down on the river. I\u2019ve been briefed by our Fire and Rescue. They are on the scene. While they work please pray,\u201d Jacksonville Mayor Lenny [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":311981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[11313,9456],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311982,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311980\/revisions\/311982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/311981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}