Navy Successfully Defuels Plane Crashed in Hawaii's Kaneohe Bay

Efforts to remove the aircraft from the environmentally sensitive area are ongoing, with no timeline provided.

The U.S. Navy has successfully removed nearly all of the fuel from a large surveillance plane that overshot a runway and landed in Kaneohe Bay, an environmentally sensitive area in Hawaii.
The plane, a P-8A Poseidon, was carrying an estimated 2,000 gallons of fuel, all of which was extracted without any spillage into the bay.
The Navy is currently studying two options for removing the aircraft from the water, but has not provided a timeline for this operation.
The Navy has installed three temporary floating barriers around the plane to prevent potential fuel spills or other contaminants from polluting the ocean.
The incident has heightened scrutiny on the Navy's environmental stewardship in Hawaii, following a jet fuel leak from a World War II-era fuel storage facility into Pearl Harbor's drinking water in 2021.