- A US Navy aircraft discovered itself stranded in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, after it overshot the runway.
- The US Navy has launched a video of the submerged P-8A plane.
- The plane’s gasoline needed to be extracted earlier than the US Navy can salvage it.
Naval divers have been despatched to survey a aircraft that received stranded on a Hawaiian coral reef after it missed the runway, based on a video launched by the US Navy.
The P-8A Poseidon plane crashed into the water on November 20 after it overshot the runway at a Marine base on Kaneohe Bay.
Within the video, the plane’s generators may be seen submerged within the water, with its wheels resting on the coral reef’s floor.
The US Navy stated in an announcement on Tuesday that every one 9 crewmembers on board had been safely evacuated and with no accidents reported.
The assertion additionally stated that the US Navy had efficiently extracted the entire aircraft’s gasoline.
This, based on Rear Admiral Kevin P. Lenox, was a needed step “to attenuate the danger of environmental hurt within the follow-on salvage course of.”
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“We estimated that the plane had simply over 2,000 gallons of gasoline on board and the staff extracted all of the gasoline that may come out. The method was accomplished efficiently with none gasoline being launched into the bay,” Lenox stated.
The US Navy stated in its assertion that it will launch extra details about the salvaging course of in the end.
