Crime & Safety

San Francisco Plane Crash Investigation Lands in CT

Connecticut-based Pratt & Whitney, which made the two engines, said it is sending a team to assist in the investigation of a Boeing 777 plane crash that killed two people and injured several others.

Written by Ronald DeRosa

The two engines in the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft that crashed at a San Francisco airport over the weekend will be brought back to a Pratt & Whitney facility in Connecticut to be disassembled.

The Hartford Courant reported that the engines will be taken apart at a Pratt & Whitney facility in Windsor Locks, and that the East Hartford-based company will be sending a technical team to San Francisco to help determine what caused Flight 214 to go down on Saturday.
The federal National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash — which killed two people and injured several others — has said the flight was traveling below its target speed when it crashed, according to a lengthy video statement the NTSB posted on YouTube.

Pratt & Whitney, which also operates a plant in Middletown, confirmed in a statement on its website that it built the PW4000 engines that powered aircraft. The company said it is cooperating fully with the investigation but couldn't offer any further comment.

Boeing is also sending a team to the crash site to assist the NTSB investigation, the company confirmed on its website.

The Courant noted that, following an airline crash, aircraft manufacturers typically send a team to the scene of the crash.


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