Cargo Airline Was Being Investigated Before Crash off Hawaii
- Rhoades Aviation ordered grounded by U.S. FAA on Thursday
- Two pilots rescued after 737 ditched in ocean near Honolulu
The aft fuselage of Transair flight 810 on the ocean floor about 2 miles from Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii on July 7.
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The small Hawaii-based cargo operator that lost one of its planes July 2 when the pilots were forced to ditch it into the ocean after it lost power had been under investigation since last fall for alleged maintenance violations.
Rhoades Aviation Inc. was grounded on Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency said Friday in an emailed press release. The FAA action is separate from the investigation of the recent crash, the agency said.