Fiji Sun

An Air Niugini plane has sunk after ending up in a lagoon off Weno International Airport in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Photos emerging from Papua New Guinea and FSM show boats surrounding the partly submerged plane to rescue passengers.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Guam office confirmed that an Air Niugini plane crashed in waters in Chuuk state. It is understood that the place may have overshot Weno International Airport’s runway.

There have been no confirmed reports of serious injury.

BREAKING: The Air Niugini plane which has landed in the ocean appears to be Flight PX073 which is scheduled to fly Pohnpei – Chuuk – Port Moresby. Photos show small boats effecting rescue @PXPNG #PNG pic.twitter.com/xPNsau2jZH

— Deni ToKunai (@Tavurvur) September 28, 2018

It is understood that the Boeing 737-800 was scheduled to stop in Chuuk on its way from Pohnpei to Port Moresby.