“It doesn’t look good out here,” one of the pilots said before the Boeing 737 broke apart as it entered the water. “One was on the tail and the other clinging to packages,” Coast Guard Lt. They asked the tower to advise the Coast Guard, then asked if there was a closer airport than Honolulu. The Coast Guard reported flying over the crash site off Oahu to evaluate for pollution after the sun came up in the morning. The Boeing 737 first flew in the late 1960s and is the most popular airline plane still in production.

Source: Ethiopian News July 03, 2021 00:56 UTC