Boeing 737 cargo jet crashes into sea off Honolulu, Hawaii

[Gordon_R]

Boeing 737 cargo jet ditches into sea off Honolulu, Hawaii

The US Coast Guard rescues the two pilots of the plane, which went into the water near Honolulu.

www.bbc.com

Middle of the night, two pilots lucky to survive:

Flight tracking website Flightradar24 tweeted that it was a 737-200 cargo aeroplane operated for the carrier Transair since 2014. It was built in 1975 and first delivered to Pacific Western Airlines.

Transair Flight 810 left Honolulu bound for Kahului at 01:33 local time (11:33 GMT), Flightradar 24 said, but turned back quickly afterwards, and crashed into the water after just minutes in the air.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1410965691931496453

A 737-200 cargo aircraft operated for Transair by Rhoades Aviation made an emergency landing in the water near Honolulu after reportedly suffering engine trouble. The FAA reports that both crew members have been rescued.

 

[supersunbird]

Yoh, it's older than me, and I am 42.

 

[Gordon_R]

Yoh, it's older than me, and I am 42.

The B737-200 is pretty much obsolete, with very inefficient engines. A few are still in use, and SAA had two until 2013.

Edit: Wikipedia uses the SAA variant as the model image. The engines are comically thin and long:

 

[Gordon_R]

Blancolirio video:

 

[MirageF1]

What's the chances that both crew members(pilots) survive such a crash.
Miraculous.

 

[Gordon_R]

Somewhat interesting interviews with Coast Guard pilots, and rescue swimmer (and dumb questions).

 

[PseuDohNom]

What's the chances that both crew members(pilots) survive such a crash.
Miraculous.

Reasonable at low speed, clean config with a water landing and good seatbelts.

 

[RandomGeek]

2 engines failing within minutes? One in a billion...unless there is a common factor such as contaminated fuel

 

[Lupus]

The B737-200 is pretty much obsolete, with very inefficient engines. A few are still in use, and SAA had two until 2013.

Edit: Wikipedia uses the SAA variant as the model image. The engines are comically thin and long:

Been on them, once in SA almost died and the next time from Scotland to England in 2008,it was like being in bus that flew.
The one I was in on SAA was at least better inside and it handled some pretty intense turbulence.

 

[Gordon_R]

Brief update from Juan Browne. The NTSB have released underwater footage of the wreckage, neatly split into two sections, after a violent water impact. Tests at the source have not found any fuel contamination, so the next possibility is that the pilots shut down the wrong engine by mistake (it has happened before).

Text and photos:

NTSB releases first images of cargo plane wreckage in deep waters off Oahu

Authorities said the scattered wreckage of the Boeing 737 is about two miles offshore and at depths of 360 to 420 feet.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Dodgy cargo airline grounded over maintenance issues:

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

 

[PseuDohNom]

Dodgy cargo airline grounded over maintenance issues:

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

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