5/4/19: The National Transportation Safety Board said the plane's flight data recorder is on its way to Washington, D.C., and was not damaged. We will be providing updates on the response on our website at UPDATE, 5 p.m. We would like to thank all the responding agencies for their support especially, the men and women of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue. Miami Air International has notified the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and is cooperating with the authorities on the investigation. The aircraft, a Boeing 737, was manufactured in 2001 and had last been through a scheduled maintenance check which was completed on. Miami Air International is providing support to the passengers, crew and their families that were affected by this accident. According to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue, 21 individuals were transported to local hospitals due to minor injuries. There were 136 passengers and 7 crew members aboard the flight. Johns River.All passengers and crew members were evacuated from the aircraft after it came to a stop resting in water. Upon landing at approximately (9:42) pm EDT, the aircraft slid off the end of the runway into the St. The flight was a military charter operation which departed Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Jacksonville, Florida. Miami Air International was notified of an incident involving Flight BSK293 on Friday, at approximately (9:55) pm EDT. There will be no planes coming into NAS JAX until the aircraft is removed from the water. According to NAS JAX, they will have very limited flights to leave Monday morning, having all the planes out by 7:30 a.m. NTSB said the Navy has arranged a dive team to go in and safely remove the pets.įlights operations out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville will be altered until the aircraft is removed. More information on what the pilots were thinking and what the decision-making process was when the voice recorder box is recovered, according to NTSB. So even though runway 10 is about 9,000 feet long, according to NTSB the pilots were advised they only had about 7,800 feet to land. According to NTSB, this shortened the runway space for the plane to land on. The air traffic controllers told the pilots that the Navy had a wire barrier set up for recovery from a Navy aircraft operating offshore, in case they couldn't land on the carrier. NTSB said the original plan for the pilots was to land the plane to the west on runway 28, but at some point, as they approached the area, they requested to air traffic control to change the direction of landing and land to the east on runway 10. Prior to moving the aircraft, NTSB will have to remove all the fuel from the aircraft. Once NTSB is able to move the aircraft, they will be able then to have access to the voice recorder in the tail of the plane, which is underwater. NTSB said there are procedures to deal with that on the minimum equipment list.įor salvage operations, NTSB said it depends on whether if the plane will stay on Navy property or be moved to another location. According to preliminary information from the recorder, the plane's ground speed at touchdown was 178 knots.Īccording to NTSB, the aircraft had been in maintenance and the maintenance log indicated the left-hand thrust reverser was inoperative. The plane's flight data recorder was recovered and taken to Washington, D.C., on Saturday. 5/5/19: The National Transportation Safety Board said the investigation would be delayed due to weather. Here's the full letter: /KLt46V7HF2- Stephanie Brown May 6, 2019 JUST IN: Miami Air International is offering each passenger of the flight that overran a runway at NAS Jax $2,500.
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