As Haiti reels from a deadly earthquake over the weekend, the U.S. government and military have stepped up to assist with relief efforts in the wake of the devastation.
The aircraft, on their first mission in Japan, support the 7th Fleet at Yokosuka Naval Base throughout its area of operations, which covers the vast Indo-Pacific region.
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An “extreme loss of braking friction while trying to land on a rain-soaked runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville is what caused a jetliner with 143 people on board to slide into the St. Johns River late on May 3, 2019, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
The 32-page final report issued Wednesday also indicates that the flight crew did not follow procedures when Miami Air International s Boeing 737 charter landed in a heavy rainstorm and slid into shallow water of the runway s end.
The crew and none of the passengers, all U.S. Department of Defense personnel from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were injured in the crash, according to the Transportation Safety Board.