Boeing 737 cargo plane makes emergency landing in Pacific Ocean off Hawaii; 2 pilots rescued
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A cargo plane made an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii on Friday morning and both people on board have been rescued.
The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land Transair Flight 810, a Boeing 737 cargo aircraft, in the water after 2:00 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued both crew members, the statement said.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.
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