A United States Navy maritime patrol plane overshot a runway after touchdown at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii on Monday and ended up in close by waters, the Marine Corps stated. The 9 crew members on board all escaped unhurt.
The accident, close to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, close to Kaneohe Bay, occurred early Monday afternoon, stated Lt. Hailey Harms, the deputy director of public affairs on the base. She stated the airplane, a P-8A Poseidon, had been flying a routine coaching mission.
All 9 Navy personnel on board escaped from the plane and had been later rescued from an inflatable life raft floating within the water, Lieutenant Harms stated by cellphone. The airplane was nonetheless within the water as of late Monday afternoon, she stated.
The airplane’s crew members are assigned to a squadron primarily based in Whidbey Island, Wash., in response to a separate assertion by Lt. Mohammad N. Issa, a spokesman for the Navy’s Third Fleet. He additionally stated that emergency employees had enacted a brief floating barrier to assist shield the setting.
No different particulars had been instantly accessible.
The P-8A Poseidon is about 130 ft lengthy with a wingspan of about 123 ft, in response to the Navy. It carries a crew of 9 and is especially used for surveillance missions.