Dramatic footage has emerged from inside a waterlogged plane which crash-landed in a lagoon in the Pacific state of Micronesia on 28 September. The Boeing 737 passenger jet, operated by Papua New Guinea's state airline Air Niugini, hit the water short of the runway while attempting to land at Chuuk Island. A video released by the US Navy shows a rescue team rushing to the plane in a small boat. The team wade into the inside of the waterlogged cabin and then check on the passengers being transferred to rescue boats outside the sunken flight. "They got everybody," one rescuer can be heard saying. "There's one injured guy." An earlier video from the scene showed 47 passengers and crew being rescued from the half submerged flight. One passenger remains unaccounted for, although the airline said that he was safely evacuated from the site. “It was of great concern to learn yesterday that one of the passengers on the flight was, and still is, unaccounted for” Air Niugini's chariman, Sir Kostas Constantinou​ said in a statement. “Subsequently however, an inspection of the entire submerged cabin of the aircraft by the US Navy seals, further corroborated by other eyewitness reports who saw the passenger board one of the dinghies on Friday, has confirmed that all passengers safely evacuated the aircraft at the time of the accident." "Local authorities and the airline are continuing to search for the whereabouts of the missing passenger”. Four other passengers are in a stable condition in hospital, according to a statement from Air Niugini.<doc-sep>WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Everybody survived a plane's crash landing in a Pacific lagoon Friday morning, with boats helping rescue more than 40 people from the half-submerged aircraft in the Micronesia archipelago. The Air Niugini plane hit the water short of the runway while trying to land at Chuuk Island, according to the airline. Seven people were taken to a hospital, according to officials, including one described as being in a critical but stable condition. Striking footage shows people being rescued in boats in images reminiscent of the 2009 crash landing in New York City known as the "Miracle on the Hudson." "It's really fortunate that we didn't have any fatalities," said Glenn Harris, a government aviation security inspector for the Federated States of Micronesia. Harris said the plane left from the Micronesian island of Pohnpei about 700 kilometers (435 miles) to the east before making the water landing a little before 10 a.m. He said he has yet to see a passenger manifest, but he understands at least 30 passengers and 10 crew members were aboard. The typical passengers would be business people from Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia, Harris said, as well as some tourists. Chuuk is known for its world-class diving to see shipwrecks in the clear waters, including 50 vessels sunk during World War II. Harris said he doesn't know what caused the crash landing or whether the pilots had alerted air traffic control of any problems. He said an investigative team would be on the ground in Chuuk by tomorrow morning to figure out what went wrong. He said that the latest reports he'd heard indicated the plane remained afloat in the lagoon. The airline said in a brief statement that everybody aboard the Boeing 737 was able to safely evacuate, and the airline was making all efforts to ensure the ongoing safety of the passengers and meet their immediate needs. Air Niugini is the national airline of Papua New Guinea and has operated since 1973. The fleet includes Boeing 767 and 737 jets for international routes, according to the airline, as well as Fokker F-100 aircraft, Q400 and Dash 8 aircraft for challenging local terrain. Air traffic website Flightradar24 said the flight was PX73. It identified the plane as a 737-800 with the registration number P2-PXE. Flight histories show that aircraft has been used on a number of routes recently, including to Manila, Sydney and Singapore. Air Niugini's network is concentrated on domestic routes linking the capital, Port Moresby, with isolated points across the Papua New Guinea archipelago. Chuuk is among its shorter international routes. It also flies to Tokyo and Hong Kong. Micronesia, located north of Australia and east of the Philippines, is home to just over 100,000 people. It has close ties with the U.S. under an agreement known as a compact of free association. The crash landing comes less than two months before Papua New Guinea hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, expected to draw world leaders to the country beginning on Nov. 17. In 2009, both engines on a US Airways jet failed after striking a flock of geese during takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport. Pilots Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles safely landed their powerless plane on the Hudson River and passengers and crew walked on the wings to be rescued. Associated Press writers Nicole Evatt and Adam Schreck in Bangkok contributed to this report. By NICK PERRY, Associated Press.<doc-sep>The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia on Friday has now said one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane. Key points: The airline said it was working with local authorities to try to find the missing man The airline said it was working with local authorities to try to find the missing man On Friday officials said seven people were taken to hospital after the crash On Friday officials said seven people were taken to hospital after the crash It is unclear what caused the crash Air Niugini said in a statement that as of Saturday afternoon, it was unable to account for a male passenger. The airline said it was working with local authorities, hospitals and investigators to try to find the man. The airline did not immediately respond to requests for more details about the passenger, such as his age or nationality. The airline said in another statement later Saturday that US divers had completed an inspection inside the aircraft and confirmed that all of the passengers had safely evacuated. "This has been confirmed by other passengers that the unaccounted person had safely evacuated the aircraft and he was seen in one of the local dinghies that were assisting with transporting the passengers and crew to the shore," the statement said. The airline said US divers had completed an inspection inside the aircraft and confirmed that all of the passengers had safely evacuated. ( AP: Zach Niezgodski/U.S. Navy "Local authorities and the airline are continuing to investigate the location of the unaccounted passenger." Local boats helped rescue the other passengers and crew after the plane hit the water while trying to land at the Chuuk Island airport. Officials said Friday that seven people had been taken to a hospital. The airline said six passengers remained at the hospital on Saturday, and all of them were in stable condition. 'I thought, well, this is not the way it's supposed to happen' What caused the crash and the exact sequence of events remains unclear. The airline and the US Navy both said the plane landed in the lagoon short of the runway. Some witnesses thought the plane overshot the runway. Passenger Bill Jaynes said the plane came in very low. "I thought we landed hard," he said. "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." Sorry, this video has expired Air Niugini plane crashes in Micronesia Mr Jaynes said he and others managed to wade through waist-deep water to the emergency exits on the sinking plane. He said the flight attendants were panicking and yelling, and that he suffered a minor head injury. "I was really impressed with the locals who immediately started coming out in boats," Mr Jaynes said in an interview with a missionary in Chuuk, Matthew Colson, that was posted online. The US Navy said sailors working nearby on improving a wharf also helped in the rescue by using an inflatable boat to shuttle people ashore before the plane sank in about 30 meters of water. The Air Niugini plane which has landed in the ocean. ( Supplied: Twitter Air Niugini is the national airline of Papua New Guinea and has operated since 1973. Data from the Aviation Safety Network indicates 111 people have died in crashes of PNG-registered airlines in the past two decades but none involved Air Niugini. AP<doc-sep>
One man is missing after a plane crashed into a Pacific lagoon in Micronesia. The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 plane hit the water while trying to land at Chuuk Island airport in the Micronesia archipelago on Friday. Initially, the airline had said all 47 passengers and crew had managed to evacuate the sinking aircraft safely - but on Saturday afternoon, it confirmed that one passenger was unaccounted for. His age and nationality is unknown, but Air Niugini says it is working with local authorities, hospitals and investigators to try and find him. Image: The Air Niugini plane overshot a runway in Micronesia and ended up in the ocean Footage has emerged of US navy sailors embarking on a rescue mission in the aftermath of the plane crash - using an inflatable boat to shuttle people ashore before the plane sank in about 100ft (30m) of water. The clip shows sailors using the aircraft's right wing as a makeshift mooring for the boat. The rescuers entered the plane via its emergency door, and some of the men were wearing swimming shorts and goggles. They waded through waist-deep water in the flooded cabin in search of survivors, ensuring everyone had gotten out safely. After making the short journey back to the inflatable dinghy by carefully walking on the wing, just below the water's surface, one rescuer said: "They got everybody!" Image: Rescue operation in Micronesia around crashed plane in Pacific lagoon Following the crash on Friday, officials said that seven people had been taken to hospital. It added that six of them, all in a stable condition, remained at the hospital on Saturday. The cause of the crash and the exact sequence of events remains unclear. The airline and the US navy both said the plane landed in the lagoon short of the runway. Image: Boats and locals come to the rescue of all passengers and crew from a plane which crashed into a Micronesia lagoon Some witnesses thought the plane overshot the runway. Bill Jaynes, one of the passengers, said the plane came in very low. He 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." Air Niugini is the national airline of Papua New Guinea and has operated since 1973. According to data from the Aviation Safety Network, 111 people have died in crashes of Papua New Guinea-registered airlines in the past two decades, though none involved Air Niugini.