Transair Flight 810

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Transair Flight 810 was a scheduled cargo flight operated by a Boeing 737-200 converted freighter aircraft, owned and operated by Rhoades Aviation under the Transair trade name, on a short cargo flight from Honolulu International Airport to Kahului Airport on the neighboring Hawaiian island of Maui on July 2, 2021. Immediately after an early morning takeoff, one of its two Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines faltered, and the first officer reduced power to both engines. The two pilots—the only occupants of the aircraft—became preoccupied with talking to air traffic control and performing other flying tasks, and did not follow proper procedures to positively identify the problem. The captain misidentified the failing engine, increased power to that engine, and did not increase power to the other, properly functioning engine. Convinced that neither engine was working properly and unable to maintain altitude with one engine faltering and the other idling, the pilots ditched into Honolulu...

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