737-81Q SKIDS OFF RUNWAY AT JACKSONVILLE NAVAL BASE

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WHAT IS HAPPENING

• Miami Air International 293 A Boeing 737-81Q heading from Guantanamo Military Station in Cuba to Jacksonville Naval Base in USA Slid off Runway 10 during severe thunderstorms and ended up in the St. John’s River.

WHAT IS HAPPENING (CONTINUED)

• Shortly before the landing ATC recommended that they switch from Runway 28 to runway 10.
• Runway 10 was the shorter end of the runway because of landing gear from another plane

WHAT IS HAPPENING (CONTINUED)

• The plane was landing in severe thunderstorms
• Of the 7 crew and 136 passengers 0 died and 7 were injured.
• In the cargo hold 1 dog and 2 cats are assumed dead
• Many animals in the St Johns river died due to oil leaking from the 737

WHAT IS HAPPENING (CONTINUED)

• The plane did not sink and is being taken out of the water by cranes
• The plane took off at 23:19 UTC and crashed at 1:43 UTC
• The plane touched down at nearly 200 mph with a broken left thrust reverser
• According to passengers the plane bounced swerved constantly during the landing

WHAT IS HAPPENING (CONTINUED)

• Each passenger who was onboard the flight received $2,500 as a “goodwill gesture”
• The NTSB has found the airplanes Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR)
• The NTSB has started there investigation and is thinking that since the runway was not grooved it may be the cause of the accident

WHAT IS HAPPENING (CONTINUED)

• The 737-800 has decent safety record with 17 crashes since 2006 and 10 hijackings totaling for 589 deaths
• The crash landing broke Air Miami Intonational’s perfect safety record

WHERE AND WHEN DID THIS ARTICLE TAKE PLACE?

THE CRASH TOOK PLACE IN

IS THIS STILL HAPPENING

• The investigation is still going on
• The crash already happened

WHEN DID THE ARTICLE TAKE PLACE?

WHAT IS THE AUTHORS PURPOSE OF WRITING THIS ARTICLE.

EXPLAIN/DESCRIBE

• Airplane Crash Landings are not entertaining to watch
• The author was not persuading you to do anything
• He was explaining what happened

WHY IS THIS NEWSWORTHY

WHY IS THIS NEWSWORTHY

• 3 animals onboard died
• Many animals in the river died
• 7 got injured
• The river now has a lot of oil in it
• It costs a lot of money to repair the runway, to get the oil out of the river, and to get the plane out of the river

WHY DID I CHOOSE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS ARTICLE

I CHOOSE TO WRITE ABOUT THIS TOPIC BECAUSE

• I love planes
• It was spreading all over the News of TV, the internet, and the newspapers so it easily caught my eye
• The article was newer than my other options

WHICH LENS DID I CHOOSE

I CHOOSE THE ECONOMICAL LENS

• The plane crash costed the airport, airline and city a lot of money
• Each person who was onboard received $2,500
• The airline will have to pay for a new 737-81Q to takeover for the damaged