US Navy Removes Fuel From Plane That Overshot Hawaii Runway and Is Now Resting on Reef and Sand

Published on November 28, 2023

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii—The U.S. Navy said Monday that it has removed nearly all of the fuel from a large plane that overshot a Hawaii runway and landed in an environmentally sensitive bay, but it doesn’t have a timetable for when it will get the aircraft out of the water. Rear Adm. Kevin Lenox said there was an estimated 2,000 gallons (7,500 liters) of fuel on board the P-8A. “The team extracted all the fuel that they could get out of those tanks. This process was completed successfully without any fuel being released into the bay,” Rear Adm. Kevin Lenox said at a news conference. Removing the fuel will reduce the risks for the rest of the salvage operation, he said....

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