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Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts) Fri Jul 2, 2021, 10:17 AM Jul 2021

737 cargo plane crashes in Hawaii, both pilots rescued

Wow, sounds like engine failure.

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737 cargo plane crashes in Hawaii, both pilots rescued (Original Post) Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 OP

Failure of both engines would be really unusual, unless they ingested birds Ocelot II Jul 2021 #1

737-200 bluecollar2 Jul 2021 #4

Glad the two pilots survived and were rescued!!! Blue Owl Jul 2021 #2

Me too! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #3

Ocelot II

(115,673 posts)

1. Failure of both engines would be really unusual, unless they ingested birds

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Original post)

Fri Jul 2, 2021, 10:19 AM

Jul 2021

like the A-320 in the Hudson. Surviving a ditching is also very lucky. Could be that they had a single engine failure right after takeoff and couldn't gain enough altitude to avoid ditching - cargo planes are usually loaded pretty heavily. This wouldn't have been a MAX, it was too old.