A commercial plane with 143 people on board fell into a river

A commercial plane carrying 143 people aboard the Guantanamo US base in Cuba was surprised and fell into a river in Florida without being seriously injured, CNN reported.

The aircraft, a Boeing 737, slid off the runway to the Sain Johns River, near the Jacksonville, Florida, naval airport at 9:40 pm (18:00 GMT), as it was about to land, announced the county sheriff's office.

The aircraft, with 136 pbadengers and seven crew members, was floating in the river as there was not much depth, and a total of 21 people were then transferred to the airport. local hospital for treatment, police sources said.

According to local media quoted by the EFE agency, the authorities tried to control the fuel that was falling into the waters of the Saint Johns River.

Pbadenger Cheryl Bormann told CNN the "terrible" moment that happened when the plane was muddled at Jacksonville Airport.

"The plane literally hit the ground and bounced in. It was clear that the pilot was not controlling the plane, we were then in the water, but we could not know it 's right. he was inside a river or an ocean, "he said.

Borman said that at that time, he could smell the fuel from the plane.