A US Navy reconnaissance aircraft ended up in the waters off the Hawaiian island of Oahu after overshooting the runway at a Marine Corps air base, military officials said.
Fortunately, according to Marine Corps spokeswoman Lt. Col. Haley Harms, no one was injured by the nine-man crew of the P-8A Poseidon, a twin-engine multi-mission patrol aircraft that has the same airframe as a passenger Boeing 737 and has been called a “submarine killer.” ».
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Video shows the aircraft with its wings just above the waterline in Kaneohe Bay, outside the Marine Corps base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, north of the capital Honolulu.
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Visibility was limited to about a mile at the time of the incident due to fog with wind gusts of up to 40 km/h, according to the US National Weather Service. The P-8A Poseidon aircraft is one of the key tools of the US Navy’s operations, as it can carry both torpedoes and cruise missiles, while conducting anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering missions.
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Earlier this year, a P-8A operating over the South China Sea was intercepted by a Chinese fighter jet that came within 150 meters of it. The air forces of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Norway and India also have similar aircraft, according to Boeing.
