US's Hop-A-Jet files class action suit over 2024 crash

Hop-A-Jet sues GE, Bombardier over fatal Florida Challenger crash

Charter company Hop-A-Jet has filed a lawsuit against GE Aerospace, Bombardier, and several maintenance providers over the 2024 crash of a Challenger 604 in Florida that killed two pilots and injured two passengers and a flight attendant.  The lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleges that corrosion-related defects in the aircraft’s GE CF34-3B engines led to the dual-engine failure that forced the jet to a…

US's Hop-A-Jet files class action suit over 2024 crash

Hop-A-Jet Worldwide Jet Charter (HPJ, Fort Lauderdale Executive) and affiliated companies have filed a US class-action lawsuit accusing General Electric, Bombardier Aerospace, Learjet, and other aviation service providers of negligence and concealment related to a fatal 2024 accident near Naples Municipal in Florida, which killed two of the airline's pilots. According to the details of the claim filed at the US District Court for the Southern Di…

Charter Company Sues GE, Bombardier Over Florida Highway Crash

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 e…