Miami Air International 737 Slides Off Runway Into St. John's River at NAS Jacksonville

Just grateful all 140 survived.

I hope they find the 2 dogs and cat safe and well....

Lots of bad weather in southern southwest Florida yesterday. Several diversions planes for FLL landed at PBI and RSW till weather cleared. Was listening to ATC they did a great job communicating weather situation near FLL including runway conditions.

The article is incorrect in stating the St Johns River is west of KNIP. It is off the east end of KNIP Runway 10/28.

I heard that one of the trust reverser was u/s.. !

KNIP is not available on LiveATC. Does anyone have the ATC recording from this incident?

They have pulled the plane from the water and have taken it to where it can be inspected.

Could not be the pilots fault. Must be that naughty 737; or so the story goes.

They have pulled the plane from the water and have taken it to where it can be inspected.

the passengers were very lucky..sadly though its reported there were peoples pets in the cargo hold,and reports were divers were sent in to investigate..overhead views of the plane show it to be very close to the embankment,and with flotation buoys positioned..last night it had not been determined how the plane was going to be moved from the river..

A lady who is a DOD lawyer on official business at Gitmo told CNN the night of the accident that the flight was 4 hours late in arriving there, and once airborne towards JAX the A/C would not work making it a very uncomfortable flight. Furthermore she and other ladies who were on board also said that the landing was "very hard", the plane bounced at least twice then veered left and right. Once the plane finally stopped the flight attendants provided a very professional assistance in getting the passengers out of the plane.

Registration Appears to be N732MA (B737-81Q)

Due to runway improvements landing on 9 was shorter than landing on 27. They landed in bad conditions with the left thrust reverser out of service.
A little bit longer on the touchdown, wet runway, and lack of asymmetrical braking: all spelled TROUBLE.

dispatchers perspective here... more than likely should have diverted.

Wonder what their alternate was and what their bug out fuel was. If they didnt have enough for a bug out then thats on the captain and on the dispatcher.

YOU SHOULD NEVER LAND IN THE THUNDERSTORM PERIOD ! Problem is this was Miami Air and they are supplemental charter... so they dont actually have dispatchers, only flight followers. So because of that, Captain gets ultimate and final say unlike at the airlines.

This is why flying for the airlines is a better bet. You have more people to make decisions. Easy to get tunnel vision when you are running the show and don't have someone on the ground who has just as much as authority as you do in the air... provided you do not declare an emergency. If thats the case, the book gets thrown out the window and PIC can do whatever it takes to get his plane down and ensure everyone onboard is safe and sound on the ground and planes in one piece.

Inexperience pure and simple , add gas , hold if needed , divert if options run dry. I am a 35 year captain at a major airline and that's the rule.... period.