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US transport authorities say they are looking at if the weather played a role in causing a passenger plane to overrun the runway in Florida.
The Boeing 737 aircraft carrying more than 140 people slid into a river on Friday night while attempting to land at a naval air station in Jacksonville. The plane was operated by US charter airline Miami Air International.
US Navy officials say some people suffered injuries such as bruises. They say the passengers included service personnel and their families.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators said at a news conference on Saturday that they are very closely looking at the weather at the time of the incident. They said there were some reports of heavy rain.
The officials said the pavement is not grooved to allow rain water to flow off the runway faster, adding that they don’t know yet if that is a factor.
The NTSB is set to analyze the data from plane’s flight data recorder that it has recovered.
The NTSB is investigating the runway overrun of a Miami Air International Boeing 737-800 that overran the runway at NAS Jacksonville and came to rest in the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday. NTSB photo. pic.twitter.com/ueBeCa2OAt
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) May 4, 2019