Transair Flight 810

Transair Flight 810
Forward fuselage of the 737 found on the seabed a week later
Accident
DateJuly 2, 2021 (2021-07-02)
SummaryDitched after engines failed; under investigation
SiteMāmala Bay, Oahu
21°16′30″N 158°01′34″W / 21.275°N 158.026°W / 21.275; -158.026
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-275C[Note 1]
OperatorRhoades Aviation, Inc.
Call signRHOADES EXPRESS 810
RegistrationN810TA
Flight originDaniel K. Inouye International Airport
DestinationKahului Airport
Occupants2
Injuries2

Transair Flight 810 was a cargo flight from Honolulu International Airport to Kahului Airport. On July 2, 2021, the Boeing 737-200 (registered N810TA) had mechanical difficulties and crashed shortly after takeoff. Both pilots survived.

Flight

On July 2, 2021, at 1:33 a.m. HST, the aircraft took off.[1] At 1:42 a.m., the pilots told air traffic control that they had "lost an engine."[2] At around 1:46 a.m., the pilots reported that the second engine was overheating, and they could not stay at higher altitude.

The plane went down on the water of Māmala Bay about 2 miles (3 km) short of Kalaeloa Airport.[1][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wallace, Gregory; Murphy, Paul P.; Andone, Dakin (July 2, 2021). "A Boeing 737 cargo plane makes emergency landing in the water near Honolulu". CNN. Retrieved July 2, 2021. The plane went down approximately two nautical miles south of Kalaeloa, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West of the US Coast Guard District 14 Hawaii Pacific told CNN.
  2. ↑ Kaminski-Morrow, David (July 3, 2021). "Transair 737-200 crash crew believed both engines were failing". Flight Global. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Boeing 737 cargo plane crashes off West Oahu with 2 on board". Hawaii News Now. July 2, 2021. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating after a cargo plane crashed in waters off West Oahu with two people on board. It happened around 1:45 a.m., about two miles off Kalaeloa Airport, according to the state Department of Transportation.
  1. ↑ The 2 in the suffix denotes that it was a -200 series variant of the 737; 75 is the Boeing customer code for Pacific Western Airlines. The C in the model code designates that this aircraft was originally built as a 737-200 Combi, a specialized model of the aircraft that was designed to carry both passengers and freight on the main deck of the aircraft, separated by a movable bulkhead. Adv stands for Advanced, meaning it was a later variant with improved capacity and range over the original -200.