Cargo Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing On Water

A Boeing 737 cargo aircraft with two crew on board was forced to make an emergency landing on the water off Honolulu.

Gatekeepers News reports that a Boeing 737 cargo aircraft with two crew on board was forced to make an emergency landing on the water off Honolulu early Friday after the pilots reported engine trouble, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Transair Flight 810 had been expected to go from Honolulu to Kahului, the main airport on Maui, according to aviation data from FlightAware.

Spokesman for the Coast Guard, Petty Officer Third Class Matthew West, told CNN that a Coast Guard helicopter rescued one of the crew, while “a fire department helicopter rescued the other.”

The plane was “attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the aircraft in the water” at about 1:30 am local time, an FAA spokeswoman said in a statement.

“According to preliminary information, the US Coast Guard rescued both crew members. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate,” the statement said.

Both crew members were taken to a Honolulu hospital for treatment, West said, adding he did not have additional information about their condition.

The aviation giant said it was in contact with the NTSB, which investigates civil air accidents, and was “working to gather more information.”

Investigators said a main cause of the crash was a faulty flight handling system known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS.