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© This handout image obtained courtesy of Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff’s Office on May 3, 2019, shows a Boeing 737 aircraft after it went off the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and into the St. Johns river, near Jacksonville, Florida on May 3, 2019. – The plane arriving from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba is in shallow water and not submerged. No casualties were reported and no critical injuries, the Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff’s Office reported. The plane slid off a runway into the St. Johns River at 9:40 p.m. ET, a spokesman from the Naval Air Station Jacksonville said. (Photo by HO / Jacksonville, Florida Sheriff’s Office / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO /JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, SHERIFF’S OFFICE” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS — US-AVIATION-PLANE-CRASH

04/05/2019

09:39

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Um avião com 143 pessoas a bordo acabou por cair no rio norte-americano Saint Johns, depois de ter falhado a pista de aterragem em Jacksonville, na Florida.

Os 136 passageiros e os sete membros da tripulação sobreviveram todos, sendo que 21 pessoas foram levadas para o hospital devido a ferimentos ligeiros.

O avião, um Boeing 737 da Miami Air International, tinha levantado voo em Guantanamo, Cuba, sexta-feira à noite, madrugada de sábado em Lisboa.

As causas doa acidente ainda estão a ser investigadas, sendo que a forte tempestade no local poderá ajudar a explicar a queda do avião.

Statement from @NASJax_ reference the airplane incident in the St. Johns River. pic.twitter.com/DkfMDSavM2

— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) May 4, 2019