“The plane, which crashed on the night of 2 July with two pilots and boxes of plush toys on board, is lying at the bottom of the ocean, at a depth between 110 and 128 meters, with the engines disconnected and the fuselage split in two but not disintegrated, a sign that the impact with the water was at a low speed. “These are the first reports of the Boeing 737-200 cargo of the Transair flight 810 which lost the use of both engines immediately after take-off from Honolulu airport. The commander and the first officer were rescued immediately after they are in serious condition: one was floating on the tail before it sank, the other was clinging to a box.
A robot went deep on July 7 and inspected the aircraft 3.2 kilometers from the coast. The Boeing is split into two parts. The nose, wings, fuselage, tail and engines, they are not completely destroyed. Direct inspection of technicians is postponed. “Because it is at a great depth, divers are unable to reach the site to retrieve flight data and cockpit voice recorders, crucial elements that could help determine what caused it. the accident “, reports the Corriere della Sera citing US sources.
The night of July 2, (1:33 pm in Italy) for Boeing the problems started immediately. One of the pilots announces to the control tower that he has one of the two engines out of order. “The controller authorizes the emergency return, but during the maneuvers from the cabin they warn that the other engine is also having problems and is starting to be too hot. In its last signal captured – according to the data provided by the specialized site Flightradar24 – the plane was flying at 211 kilometers per hour “, writes the Courier service. The causes of the accident are not fully clarified, but it is not excluded that it may have ended up at the bottom of the sea due to poor maintenance.
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