U.S. Navy Plane Overshoots Runway, Lands on Coral Reef in Hawaii Bay
Navy works on removal plan after nearly all fuel successfully extracted from the stranded aircraft.
- A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft overshot a runway and landed in the environmentally sensitive Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on November 20.
- The plane's tires and left engine are resting on parts of a coral reef, as shown in a video released by the Navy.
- All nine crew members on board were safely evacuated with no injuries reported.
- Nearly all of the estimated 2,000 gallons of fuel on the plane have been removed to minimize environmental harm.
- The Navy is still developing a plan to remove the plane from the water and is investigating the cause of the overshoot.