US Navy plane overshoots runway in Hawaii, lands in the water

A Navy plane overshot its landing on a Marine Corps base, just miles outside of Honolulu in Hawaii on Monday, Nov. 20, and ended up in Kaneohe Bay. Officials said all nine passengers on the plane escaped unscathed.

The plane missed the runway and landed in the water, similar to the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson,” when pilot Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers on board. The P-A8 naval aircraft is a similar size to the A320 Airbus Sullenberger piloted.

The Hawaii Coast Guard launched a rescue team, but the effort was quickly called off as all passengers made it safely to shore. No further information was given on a cause for what led the P-8A plane to overshoot its mark, but a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu said at the time of the incident, visibility was about one mile.

According to Associated Press reports, the P-8A plane that landed in Kaneohe Bay belongs to the Navy’s Patrol Squadron 4’s the “Skinny Dragons” based at Whidbey Island north of Seattle.

The P-8A, a multi-purpose maritime patrol aircraft, is a reconnaissance plane made by Boeing designed for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare as well as gathering intelligence and responding to humanitarian crises. The aircraft shares many parts with commercial 737 Boeing planes easing access to parts needed for production.