The flight recorders and wreckage of a Boeing 737-200 cargo plane that crashed in waters off Oahu in July have been successfully recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board announced.
Recovery efforts began on Oct. 12 and took nearly three weeks to complete.
“The recovery of the recorders and virtually the entire airplane represents a major step forward in the investigation,” said NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy in a news release.
The pilots ditched the plane in the water shortly after takeoff from the Daniel K Inouye International Airport, due to the anomalies encountered in both engines. Both pilots who were the only occupants on the plane survived.
The fuselage broke into two pieces: the aft section with the wings and tail attached and the forward section that contained the cockpit from the wreckage. Both engines also separated from the wings upon impact.
Crews recovered the wreckage from an ocean shelf at a depth of 350 to 450 feet approximately two miles off of Ewa Beach.
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