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A Learjet plane lost its nose on the beach after it slid into the bay from a runway embankment on Friday.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident, as it is unclear if it fell over the edge due to extreme weather or not.
At the time, Tropical Storm Kay had brought heavy winds and heavy rain to the county, with a flood and high wind warning in place for some parts.
The multi-engine Learjet 36 crash-landed into the shoreline at the Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, San Diego.
A video captured the aftermath:
Two people were on board at the time of the incident.
Luckily, they did not suffer serious injuries, Navy officials confirmed via NBC 7 San Deigo. They were taken to the hospital in case:
According to FlightAware, the Learjet had taken off at 12:22 p.m. before returning to North Island, lasting a total of 55 minutes in the air before the incident.
“I looked over and there was a massive amount of firetrucks and I could clearly see it was a plane that was partially in the water,” said one witness.
An employee at a nearby restaurant said that she was glad it wasn’t worse, as there are “like a lot of businesses, and like things right near everything”.
Learjet, so you know, is a Canadian-owned aerospace manufacturer of business jets for civilian and military use. This particular plane was confirmed to be of a civilian contractor, GH Equipment LLC.
[source:nbcsandiego]
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