Miami Air Flight 293
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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 May 2019 |
| Summary | Runway excursion, Under investigation |
| Site | St John's River, Jacksonvile, Florida |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-800 |
| Operator | Miami Air International |
| IATA flight No. | LL293 |
| ICAO flight No. | BSK293 |
| Call sign | BISCAYNE 293 |
| Registration | N732MA |
| Flight origin | Leeward Point Field, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| Destination | Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
| Occupants | 143 |
| Passengers | 136 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 21 |
| Survivors | 143 (all) |
Miami Air Flight 293 was a regularly scheduled military charter service from Guantanamo Bay to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, operated by Miami Air International. On 3 May 2019, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the flight overshot the runway on landing. Twenty-one people were injured. The aircraft was written off and declared the 17th loss of a Boeing 737-800. [1]
Accident
Miami Air Flight 293 was a scheduled military charter flight from Leeward Point Field, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida United States. It served to transport military personnel and related civilians.[2] The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, skidded off the runway at Jacksonville into the St. Johns River after attempting to land in a severe thunderstorm. Emergency services, including more than 50 firefighters, rescued all 136 passengers and seven crew.[3]
The plane was never submerged; however, many passengers in the front and mid section of the plane were soaked when brackish water entered through breaches in the outer shell of the plane. There was also several inches of water in the rows in the back of the plane[4] Twenty-one people were injured and transported to the hospital, but there were no critical injuries.[4][5] At least three pets transported in the hold of the aircraft are presumed to have died.[6] Authorities were concerned about fuel spreading in the river and were working to contain it.[4][7]
In response to the incident, President Donald Trump contacted the mayor of Jacksonville, Lenny Curry.[4][5]
Aircraft
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The accident aircraft was a Boeing 737-81Q, registration N732MA, MSN 30618, Line Number 830. The aircraft had first flown on 12 April 2001.[1]
Investigation
The accident is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Boeing, and the United States Navy.[4][8][9] Initial reports of the investigation focused on a possible failure of the thrust reverser and the pilot's request to change runways.[10] Although the aircraft was scheduled to land on Runway 28 (east to west), which is 9,000 ft (2,700 m) long, the cockpit crew requested to land in the opposite direction (west to east, designated Runway 10), which reduced the available landing distance to 7,800 ft (2,400 m) due to the displaced threshold resulting from the presence of arresting gear at the west end of the runway. In addition, the right hand thrust reverser was inoperative at the time of takeoff, as allowed per the master minimum equipment list, which made the thrust reversers unavailable after the aircraft landed.[1]
A week after the accident, the aircraft was lifted onto a barge and floated down the St. Johns River and moved to shore at Reynolds Industrial Park in Green Cove Springs. After an investigation by the NTSB, the plane will be scrapped.[11]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Transportation Safety Board.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "N732MA accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ↑ Vassolo, Martin. "Plane carrying 143 slides off runway into river in Jacksonville. No one killed, sheriff says". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ "Boeing 737 skids into Florida river". BBC. 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Zaveri, Mihir; Kramer, Margaret (2019-05-03). "Boeing 737 Skids Into St. Johns River in Jacksonville". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "A Plane Carrying 143 People Slid Off A Runway And Into A River In Florida". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ "Pets aboard the plane that crashed into Florida river are presumed dead". The Washington Post. May 5, 2019.
- ↑ Scanlan, Dan. "Airliner skids into St. Johns River at NAS Jacksonville". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ Osborne, Mark. "Plane skids off runway into water; only minor injuries". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ "Boeing 737 Plane With 143 On Board Skids Into St. Johns River In Jacksonville". NPR. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ↑ "Landing feature failed on Florida plane". BBC News. 6 May 2019.
- ↑ Ready, Jennifer (9 May 2019). "Crews Hoist crashed Boeing 737 to land". News 4 Jacksonville. News 4 Jax. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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- NTSB B-Roll of the Miami Air International Runway Overrun on YouTube
- NTSB B-Roll of the Miami Air International Runway Overrun 2 on YouTube
- NTSB Media Brief on the Miami Air International Runway Overrun on YouTube
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