CNN —A US Navy reconnaissance jet with nine crew members aboard crashed into water off the Hawaiian island of Oahu on Monday after overshooting the runway at a US Marine Corps base there, military officials said.
There were no casualties aboard the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, a twin-engine multimission patrol and reconnaissance jet with the airframe of a Boeing 737 passenger plane, according to Marine Corps spokesperson 1st Lt. Hailey Harms.
Pictures showed the aircraft upright with its wings slightly above the waterline in Kaneohe Bay off Marine Corps Base Hawaii on the main island of Oahu, north of the capital of Honolulu.
The P-8A Poseidon is a workhorse of US Navy operations.
P-8 aircraft are also flown by the Australian, New Zealand, British, Norwegian and Indian militaries, according to Boeing.
Persons:
Hailey Harms, Harms, CNN’s Sara Tonks, Taylor Ward
Organizations:
CNN, US Navy, US Marine Corps, Boeing, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, National Weather Service, Australian
Locations:
Oahu, Kaneohe Bay, Honolulu, South, Chinese, New Zealand