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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.
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