WATCH: US Navy plane with nine onboard overshoots runway, lands in ocean

Overshooting a Hawaiian runway, a massive military intelligence aircraft plunged into the ocean. On Monday afternoon, a US Navy P-8A plane attempted to land at a US Marines base located 10 miles away from Honolulu, but it was unsuccessful. After crashing into the sea during the rainy season, nine of the passengers were forced to swim back to shore. They were all uninjured. As rescuers hurried to assist, photos showed the massive aircraft floating just off the coast in Kaneohe Bay.

Its intact fuselage suggested that it had crashed into the sea at a low speed. It was an intelligence-gathering Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, according to Gunnery Sgt. Orlando Perez. According to Peter Forman, there may have been some influence from bad weather and Kona winds, as the runway at Kaneohe is shorter than usual. He told Hawaii News Now, “It’s likely that the pilot didn’t land the aircraft precisely where he wanted to on the runway.” “It’s most likely a result of all those things combined.” According to KITV, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) issued the first alert for a “possible aircraft fire incident” shortly after 2:00 pm. Many parts of the Boeing-built P-8A are shared with the 737 commercial aircraft. More than 25,000 Marines, sailors, family members, and civilian workers live on the base.