AN investigation into the Transair freighter crash off the coast of Hawaii is now underway as more details of the incident emerge, reports London's Air Cargo News .
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), were in the process of identifying the exact location of the aircraft on the ocean floor before the cockpit voice and flight data recorders can be recovered.
Meanwhile investigators are scheduling interviews with flight 810's two pilots, air traffic controllers and Transair maintenance employees.
'In general terms, NTSB investigators develop factual information in three areas: the people involved in an accident, the equipment involved in the accident and the environment in which the accident occurred,' the NTSB said.
Transair flight 810, a Boeing 737-200, ditched in the waters of Mamala Bay near Honolulu, shortly after takeoff from Honolulu's Daniel K Inouye International Airport.
The flight was bound for Kahului International Airport. Both members of the two-man flight crew were injured and were rescued by the US Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department. The airplane was substantially damaged and sank.
According to London's FlightGlobal, air-ground communications indicate that the aircraft was suffering engine failure, and unable to hold altitude as the crew attempted to return to Honolulu.
The publication reports that shortly after the twinjet - operated by Rhoades Aviation for Transair - had departed Honolulu and been cleared to 13,000 feet, the pilots informed air traffic control that the aircraft had 'lost an engine'.
The aircraft subsequently began to lose altitude and the crew, flying in darkness over water, sought north-east headings to return to Honolulu, informing the controller that the left-hand engine had failed and they were 'going to lose the other engine, it's running very hot'.
Investigators have made plans to scan the sea bed off Hawaii in search of the Boeing 737-200 that went down after losing power.
Special sonar devices will be used to locate critical wreckage and the jet's two crash-proof recorders.
'That information will be used to determine how and when the recorders could be recovered and then how and if the airplane will be salvaged,' said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Investigators are also scheduling interviews Transair Flight 810's two pilots, who survived after ditching the plane. They'll also be meeting with air traffic controllers and maintenance workers.
The plane went into water 11 minutes after taking off from Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu July 2.
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), were in the process of identifying the exact location of the aircraft on the ocean floor before the cockpit voice and flight data recorders can be recovered.
Meanwhile investigators are scheduling interviews with flight 810's two pilots, air traffic controllers and Transair maintenance employees.
'In general terms, NTSB investigators develop factual information in three areas: the people involved in an accident, the equipment involved in the accident and the environment in which the accident occurred,' the NTSB said.
Transair flight 810, a Boeing 737-200, ditched in the waters of Mamala Bay near Honolulu, shortly after takeoff from Honolulu's Daniel K Inouye International Airport.
The flight was bound for Kahului International Airport. Both members of the two-man flight crew were injured and were rescued by the US Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department. The airplane was substantially damaged and sank.
According to London's FlightGlobal, air-ground communications indicate that the aircraft was suffering engine failure, and unable to hold altitude as the crew attempted to return to Honolulu.
The publication reports that shortly after the twinjet - operated by Rhoades Aviation for Transair - had departed Honolulu and been cleared to 13,000 feet, the pilots informed air traffic control that the aircraft had 'lost an engine'.
The aircraft subsequently began to lose altitude and the crew, flying in darkness over water, sought north-east headings to return to Honolulu, informing the controller that the left-hand engine had failed and they were 'going to lose the other engine, it's running very hot'.
Investigators have made plans to scan the sea bed off Hawaii in search of the Boeing 737-200 that went down after losing power.
Special sonar devices will be used to locate critical wreckage and the jet's two crash-proof recorders.
'That information will be used to determine how and when the recorders could be recovered and then how and if the airplane will be salvaged,' said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Investigators are also scheduling interviews Transair Flight 810's two pilots, who survived after ditching the plane. They'll also be meeting with air traffic controllers and maintenance workers.
The plane went into water 11 minutes after taking off from Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu July 2.
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