By CALEB JONES, DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE A. MONROE
Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) â Two pilots told air traffic controllers that their engine had cut out and they needed help moments before crashing their cargo plane into the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii on Friday.
âIt doesnât look good out here,â one of the pilots said before the Boeing 737 broke apart as it entered the water.
Both pilots, the only people aboard, were seriously injured but survived the crash. An hour later, rescuers found the two clinging to packages and parts of the plane in about 150 feet (46 meters) of water several miles off Oahu, authorities said.
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A U.S. Coast Guard cutter patrols the area of debris from a 737 cargo plane that crashed off Oahu, Friday, July 2, 2021, near Honolulu. The plane made an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii early Friday and both people on board were rescued. The pilots of the Transair Flight 810 reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the Boeing 737 in the water, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
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(Bloomberg) A Boeing Co. 737 freighter ditched in Hawaiian coastal waters after experiencing engine trouble early Friday, and both pilots were safe after a dramatic pre-dawn rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard.
(Bloomberg) A Boeing Co. 737 freighter ditched in Hawaiian coastal waters after experiencing engine trouble early Friday, and both pilots were safe after a dramatic pre-dawn rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Transair Flight 810âs crew tried to return to Honolulu shortly after takeoff but were forced to make an emergency landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. U.S. safety investigators immediately began a formal probe of the incident off the coast of Oahu.
Watch: Cargo plane crashes off Hawaii, pilots rescued
Watch: Cargo plane crashes off Hawaii, pilots rescued
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Saturday, 3 July 2021, 06:54
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Two pilots told air traffic controllers that their engine had cut out and they needed help moments before crashing their cargo plane into the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii on Friday.
“It doesn’t look good out here,” one of the pilots said before the Boeing 737 broke apart as it entered the water.
Both pilots, the only people aboard, were seriously injured but survived the crash. An hour later, rescuers found the two clinging to packages and parts of the plane in about 150 feet (46 meters) of water several miles off Oahu, authorities said.
Updated: Jul 3 2021, 15:03 ET
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THIS is the incredible moment two Boeing 737 pilots were plucked from the sea after crash landing when its engines failed off Hawaii s coast. It doesn t look good out here, one of the worried pilots said before the plane broke apart as it plunged in to the water.
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The rescue chopper hovers above the scene, as the US Coastguard s vessel can be seen on the rightCredit: US COASTGUARD
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One pilot, 58, was seriously injured and airlifted to hospitalCredit: US COASTGUARD
Two pilots told air traffic controllers that their engine had cut out and they needed help moments before crashing their cargo plane into the Pacific Ocean on Friday.