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Airplane crashes into ocean in Micronesia
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September 29, 2018
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Airplane_crashes_into_ocean_in_Micronesia
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Yesterday<!--On Friday--> morning near the international airport located
on Weno island of Chuuk state of the Federated States of Micronesia,
Oceania a passenger airplane of model Boeing 737-800 flown by the Air
Niugini carrier crashed into sea as its pilot missed the runway. All 47
people on board -- by differing reports, 36 passengers and eleven crew
or 35 passengers and twelve crew -- survived.
The report by the international commercial aviation safety organization
Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre indicated the crash coincided
with a sudden intensification of the weather conditions.
timeanddate.com-supplied data from Custom Weather reported rain showers
at 9:40am, following cloudy conditions at 8:50am.
The airplane reportedly landed around 9:30am local time, short of the
runway by about 160 m to 200 m (about 525 to 650 feet), according to
reports. Locals immediately began to rescue the passengers and crew on
fishing boats. Officials arrived after about ten minutes, according to a
witness quoted by ''The Guardian''.
In an interview, a passenger alleged the crew started panicking and
yelling, ''The Guardian'' reported. A first responder, Dr James
Yaingeluo, also said the airplane crew were in panic. He said, "There
was a little bit [of] chaos at first because everybody was really
panicked and tried to get out of the plane [...] other than that we were
doing as much as we can. Luckily there are no casualties."
Yaingeluo said nine people were taken to hospital. Four people remained
in hospital, one "seriously injured", according to reports recounted by
ABC News on Friday evening.
Flight 73 was coming from Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Its destination was Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, with a stop at the
Chuuk state.
== Sources ==
<!--* https://www.worldweatheronline.com/weno-weather-history/chuuk/fm.aspx-->
* https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/micronesia/weno/historic
* http://www.jacdec.de/2018/09/28/2018-09-28-air-niugini-boeing-737-800-water-landing-at-chuuk/
* https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/28/asia/air-niugini-micronesia-intl/index.html
* https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/28/air-niugini-plane-overshoots-runway-micronesia-and-lands-in-ocean
* https://www.9news.com.au/2018/09/28/12/11/micronesia-air-niugini-plane-crash-water-runway
* http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-28/flight-lands-in-a-lagoon-off-micronesia/10316434
* https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10160728708720237&id=88806860236&