The owner of a business jet that crash-landed on a highway in Florida, killing its two pilots and injuring three other occupants, is suing companies involved in the aircraft’s manufacture and maintenance.
Charter service Hop-A-Jet and two of its subsidiaries filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in September. The document places most of the blame for the crash on GE Aerospace, which makes the CF34-3B engines used by Bombardier’s Challenger 600 series.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is still investigating the crash, which occurred in February 2024, but a preliminary report identified corrosion in multiple engine components. Attorneys for the plaintiffs said corrosion is a recurring problem in the CF34 family and that GE is aware of it…