Planning is underway to recover the Transair Boeing 737-200 cargo jet that sank off the Hawaiian coast after a July 2 ditching, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.
The NTSB, which is coordinating the recovery, said the effort is expected to begin around Oct. 9 and to continue for 10 to 14 days, depending on the weather and other factors.
The flight crew of Transair Flight 810 ditched the airplane in Mamala Bay shortly after they reported problems with both engines. The two pilots escaped from the wreckage and were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Honolulu Airport Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit. One crewmember received serious injuries and the other, minor injuries; the airplane was destroyed. The 737 had taken off from Honolulu and was headed for Kahului, Hawaii.
The wreckage is on an ocean shelf, about 350 to 450 ft (107 to 137 m) below the surface and about 2 mi (3 km) from Honolulu’s Ewa Beach. The NTSB said that the fuselage broke into t…
