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P-8A aircraft overshot the runway at a Marine base
On Monday, a U.S. Navy plane overshot a runway and entered a bay in Hawaii. When emergency personnel from the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department arrived on the scene, military authorities informed them that all nine passengers had safely landed on land without any injuries.
A Coast Guard spokesperson, Petty Officer Ryan Fisher, stated that although the Coast Guard had responded, rescue efforts had been promptly suspended. “It appears that everyone concerned was saved,” he remarked.
Shortly after 2:00 pm on Monday, the plane went into the water. According to Thomas Vaughan, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Honolulu, it was cloudy and rainy, with visibility of about a mile.
The P-8A aircraft at a Marine base on Kaneohe Bay overshot the runway, according to Gunnery Sgt. Orlando Perez, a spokesman for the U.S. Marine Corps. He didn’t give further information.
