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Crabby Appleton

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Fri Sep 28, 2018, 06:11 AM Sep 2018

Local Boats Rescue Everyone Aboard 737 After It Crashes Into Micronesian Lagoon

Source: NPR

Thanks in part to a flotilla of local boats, all 47 people aboard a Boeing 737 are safe after a crash-landing in a lagoon at the Pacific island of Chuuk.

The Air Niugini plane was on approach to the airport at the island, part of the Federated States of Micronesia, when it apparently fell short of the runway.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/28/652452700/local-boats-rescue-everyone-aboard-737-after-it-crashes-into-micronesian-lagoon

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Local Boats Rescue Everyone Aboard 737 After It Crashes Into Micronesian Lagoon (Original Post) Crabby Appleton Sep 2018 OP
WOW!! Thats amazing & wonderful news to start my day. Bless all who raced in to help. nt 7962 Sep 2018 #1
A crash landing...all safe...great news.. k and r Stuart G Sep 2018 #2
Good stuff!! Blue_Tires Sep 2018 #3
Whoa, look at the pictures! Shades of "Sully"... bullwinkle428 Sep 2018 #4
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