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Federal crews aim to recover plane that ditched off Oahu

By Associated Press

Sept. 30, 2021

SEA ENGINEERING INC VIA AP This image taken July 8 shows an engine from Transair flight 810 as it rests on the ocean floor about 2 miles off Ewa Beach. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu in early July.
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SEA ENGINEERING INC VIA AP

This image taken July 8 shows an engine from Transair flight 810 as it rests on the ocean floor about 2 miles off Ewa Beach. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu in early July.

SEA ENGINEERING INC VIA AP This image taken July 8 shows the forward fuselage of Transair flight 810 as it rests on the ocean floor about 2 miles off Ewa Beach. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu in early July.
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This image taken July 8 shows the forward fuselage of Transair flight 810 as it rests on the ocean floor about 2 miles off Ewa Beach. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu in early July.

CRAIG T.KOJIMA / JULY 2 A U.S. Coast Guard cutter patrols the area of debris from a 737 cargo plane that crashed off Oahu on July. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover the cargo plane that lies on the ocean floor hundreds of feet below the surface.
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A U.S. Coast Guard cutter patrols the area of debris from a 737 cargo plane that crashed off Oahu on July. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover the cargo plane that lies on the ocean floor hundreds of feet below the surface.

SEA ENGINEERING INC VIA AP This image taken July 8 shows an engine from Transair flight 810 as it rests on the ocean floor about 2 miles off Ewa Beach. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu in early July.
SEA ENGINEERING INC VIA AP This image taken July 8 shows the forward fuselage of Transair flight 810 as it rests on the ocean floor about 2 miles off Ewa Beach. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu in early July.
CRAIG T.KOJIMA / JULY 2 A U.S. Coast Guard cutter patrols the area of debris from a 737 cargo plane that crashed off Oahu on July. The National Transportation Safety Board said today that crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover the cargo plane that lies on the ocean floor hundreds of feet below the surface.

WASHINGTON >> Federal investigators will try to recover the wreckage of a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean near Honolulu after developing engine trouble.

The National Transportation Safety Board said today it was sending a team of investigators to the site where the Boeing 737 went into the ocean in July while pilots were trying to return to the airport shortly after takeoff.

The NTSB said a ship with remotely operated vehicles and a barge with a crane will be used in the recovery effort, which is expected to start around Oct. 9.

The safety board said the wreckage contains important information including the black boxes that contain flight data and cockpit sounds.

Both pilots were plucked from the water by Coast Guard rescuers after the nighttime ditching. The TransAir flight was operated by Rhoades Aviation. Federal regulators have since grounded the company.

The fuselage broke into two pieces and came to rest about 350 to 450 feet below the surface and two miles from shore.

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