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US Navy jet overshoots runway into water off Hawaii

CNN Politics

By Brad Lendon and Taylor Romine, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 2:25 AM EST, Tue November 21, 2023


A US Navy reconnaissance jet with nine crew members aboard crashed into water off the Hawaiian island of Oahu on Monday after overshooting the runway at a US Marine Corps base there, military officials said.

There were no casualties aboard the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, a twin-engine multimission patrol and reconnaissance jet with the airframe of a Boeing 737 passenger plane, according to Marine Corps spokesperson 1st Lt. Hailey Harms.

Harms said the conditions of the nine personnel aboard were being assessed.

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