On Friday morning, the two pilots of the Boeing 737 Cargo plane made an emergency landing in the water and survived, eventually.
The Federal Aviation Authority stated, “The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the aircraft in the water.” The cargo plane, operated as Transair Flight 810, was heading from Honolulu to Maui.
One of the two pilots informed in the air traffic communications that they had lost no.1 engine and were coming straight to the airport. They added, “We’re going to need the fire department. There’s a chance we’re going to lose the other engine, too, it’s running very hot. We’re very low on speed.”
Just before the aircraft broke apart and crashed in the water, a pilot had said, “It doesn’t look good out there.” Both pilots were reported to be severely injured but fortunately had survived the plane crash.
Rescue workers in a Coast Guard Helicopter located the wreckage as well as pulled out the pilots. The rescuers found a pilot on the tail of the down plane and the other one clinging on top of some floating packages. The pilots were airlifted to a hospital and picked up by a rescue boat of Honolulu fire department while being taken ashore.
Boeing had informed that it aware of the reports coming out of Honolulu, Hawaii and was monitoring the situation closely. In addition, the US-based aerospace company was in contact with the US National Transportation Safety Board.
