Plane crashes and lands in Pacific lagoon - all passengers and crew survive

Local boats rescue passengers and crew from a 737 that ditched in the waters off the remote island of Chuuk, in Micronesia 

The majority of the travelers and team survived the accident arrival of a plane in a Pacific tidal pond.

The Air Niugini plane hit the water shy of the runway while endeavoring to arrive at Chuuk Island in the Federated States of Micronesia on Friday morning.

Striking film from the scene indicates individuals being protected in water crafts from the half-submerged plane, in pictures reminiscent of the 2009 accident arriving in New York City known as the "Supernatural occurrence on the Hudson."

The carrier said in a short articulation everyone on load up the Boeing 737 plane could securely empty, and the aircraft was attempting all endeavors to guarantee the progressing wellbeing of the travelers and meet their quick needs.

The aircraft did not promptly say what number of individuals were on boardthe plane, where it was going from, or what caused the accident. Nearby news reports demonstrated somewhere in the range of 40 and 50 individuals were on board.

Air Niugini is the national carrier of Papua New Guinea and has been in task since 1973. The armada incorporates Boeing 767 and 737 planes for global courses, as indicated by the carrier, and in addition Fokker F-100 flying machine, Q400 and Dash 8 air ship for testing neighborhood landscape.

Micronesia, found north of Australia and east of the Philippines, is home to a little more than 100,000 individuals.

It has close ties with the US under an understanding known as a smaller of free affiliation.

In 2009, the two motors on a US Airways fly bombed in the wake of striking a run of geese amid departure from New York's LaGuardia Airport. Pilots Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles securely handled their frail plane on the Hudson River.

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