JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 14 (UPI) — No one was injured when chartered Delta Airlines jetliner skidded off the runway at Jacksonville (Fla.) Naval Air Station, military officials said.
The Boeing 737 skidded into the mud after it left the runway at about 5 p.m. Saturday, The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union reported Sunday.
Whether the aircraft was in the process of landing or taxiing was not reported. The plane had arrived from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
None of the 167 passengers on board were injured and the accident didn’t damage Navy property, said Miriam Gallet, a base public affairs officer.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident, the newspaper reported.