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'We had a really hard landing;' Passenger on flight that ended up in St. Johns River speaks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cheryl Bormann, one of 143 passengers on board the Miami Air flight Friday spoke about the plane skidding off the runway and into the St. Johns River:

"As we went down, we had a really hard landing.  And then the plane bounced and screeched and bounced some more.  It listed to the right and then it listed to the left.  And it sort of swerved, and then it came to a complete, like, crash stop."

LIVE: Plane still in St. Johns River after skidding off runway

LIVE: Boeing 737 still in the St. Johns River after skidding off runway in Jacksonville

Posted by Action News Jax on Saturday, May 4, 2019

Authorities with the National Transportation Safety Board will be in Jacksonville, Florida around 12 p.m. Saturday to investigate the cause of the crash.

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