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A Boeing 737 aircraft with 136 passengers on board fell into a river in Florida on Saturday after a skid from the runway, according to Reuters.

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry informed that a number of people were taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries. All passengers are reported to be safe.

"The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for," the Jacksonville Sheriff`s Office informed on Twitter.

#JSO Marine Unit was called to assist @NASJax_ in reference to a commercial airplane in shallow water. The plane was not submerged. Every person is alive and accounted for. pic.twitter.com/4n1Fyu5nTS

— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) May 4, 2019

The aircraft arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay went into the river at the end of the runway at about 9:40 p.m. local time, a spokesman for Naval Air Station Jacksonville informed.

The charter plane skid off the runway into the river in Jacksonville in Florida. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 belonging to Miami Air International, was flying from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reports informed.

A plane skid off the runway at a military airport in Jacksonville in Florida and plunged into a nearby river, local officials say. Some passengers were taken to hospital but there were no reports of fatalities.

-Sangam Sowmya