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Jacksonville, FL — The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into what caused a plane to skid off the runway while trying to land at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and ended in the St. Johns River.
Action News Jax has confirmed with area hospitals that several of the 21 adults who were taken following the crash were released. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department had already said all 143 passengers were listed in good conditions and nobody had critical injuries.
BREAKING @NTSB says flight data recorder on its way to DC and was not damaged. Expect to get a lot of info from that. (speed, altitude, point of impact, etc. ) @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews
— Tenikka Smith Hughes (@TenikkaANjax) May 4, 2019
We cannot say enough what a great job NAS Fire Department and NAS Command did last night in a very difficult situation and under tough circumstances. Proud to assist you on this call. @NASJax_ @CityofJax pic.twitter.com/eTVDF3cgOW
— MyJFRD (@JFRDJAX) May 4, 2019
Some pets onboard the plane remain unaccounted for. NAS Jacksonville says they were unable to retrieve all the pets during the initial rescue due to safety issues with the aircraft.
Many people are asking about the pets aboard the aircraft that skidded off the runway into the St. Johns River last...
Posted by NAS Jacksonville on Saturday, May 4, 2019
NEW: @NTSB_Newsroom says they will be here around noon. Will spend a couple hours looking at plane & hold briefing at an undetermined location. They’ll be looking into 3 broad areas:
— Russell Colburn (@RussellANjax) May 4, 2019
Human- pilot, experience
Machine- plane, systems, maintenance
Environmental- weather, geography
According to our partner Action News Jax, the NTSB will be looking into three broad areas when it comes to this investigation.
• Human: Pilot, Experience
• Machine: Plane, systems, maintenance
• Environmental: Weather, geography, air traffic control
FROM LAST NIGHT: @MikeFirstAlert snapped this screenshot of the lightning and storm tops over NAS JAX just after the plane crashed into the river #FirstAlertWX pic.twitter.com/Ab33hGR6uh
— Corey Simma (@CSimmaWX) May 4, 2019
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