According to audio from Honolulu's Daniel K Inouye International Airport’s tower, one among the pilots complained of losing “number 1 engine” which the plane had about “two hours’ worth of fuel,” CNBC reported. The pilot also said that there's an opportunity of them losing the opposite engine also because “it’s running extremely popular ,” the CNBC report added. Moments later the traffic controller alerted for low altitude, and therefore the first pilot asked the previous to “let the Coast Guard know,” the report further stated.
The USCG stated that after receiving a report from the Honolulu traffic Control regarding the Boeing 737 downing offshore, it sent a helicopter, a cutter, a rescue plane and a 45-foot boat to look for the 2 pilots. “Once on the scene, the Dolphin crew was ready to rescue one among the people on board while the Honolulu local department rescue boat recovered the opposite ,” the USCG statement read.
Both the pilots were in “good condition,” USCG spokesperson commissioned naval officer Karin Evelyn said in an email, the ny Times reported. They were later sent to a hospital and are now in stable condition, the USCG said during a statement.
Commander Evelyn said that the plane debris remains at the landing site which the USCG will evaluate the pollution initially light, the ny Times reported.
The Boeing 737-200 was inbuilt 1975 and its size is simply over 100 feet long . The plane are often converted to accommodate up to 100 tourist passengers, as per Boeing’s description of the plane. Jet officials of the downed Boeing in question said that it had been not a 737 Max plane, which has been banned globally following two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, CNBC reported.
