<p>An Air Niugini plane crashed into the water near Chuuk International Airport on the island of Weno in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, on Friday, September 28.</p><p>Chuuk airport manager Jimmy Emilio told Pacific Daily News that all 36 passengers and 11 crew members were safe after the plane slid into the lagoon after a failed attempt to land at the airport.</p><p>Eyewitness footage shows the plane in the lagoon near the airport runway</a>.</p><p>This video shows an interview with Micronesia-based journalist Bill Jaynes</a>, who said he was a survivor of the crash.</p><p>In this clip, he tells Chuuk-based Baptist missionary Matthew Colson that he and his fellow passengers managed to flee the crashed aircraft before being rescued by locals in boats.</p><p>“It’s just surreal,” he’s said. “I thought we landed hard until I looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water was coming in and I thought ‘well this is not the way it’s supposed to happen’. We came in low; we came in very low. Unfortunately the flight attendants panicked and started yelling and I was trying to be calm and help as best I could. I called my wife and she cried. I asked her why because I was talking to her. Fortunately my injury was just a head injury but there were some pretty severe ones, but no deaths.”</p><p>Commenting on the response by his rescuers, he said: “One would think they would be afraid to approach a plane that had crashed. They were awesome. I was really impressed with the whole response.” Credit: Matthew Colson via Storyful</p><br />
