Charter Company Sues GE, Bombardier Over Florida Highway Crash

Two pilots were killed and three other occupants were injured in a 2024 Hop-A-Jet accident.

Zach Vasile

Thursday, October 09, 2025 at 09:00 AM ET

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Bombardier Challenger 600 [Credit: Adrian Pingstone/Wikimedia Commons]

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The owner of a business jet that crash-landed on a Florida highway in February 2024, killing two pilots, is suing GE Aerospace and several other companies.
The lawsuit primarily alleges that GE Aerospace is responsible due to an inherent defect (corrosion) in its CF34-3B engines, claiming GE knew about this recurring issue and failed to adequately inform operators or address it.
The NTSB's preliminary report identified corrosion in engine components, and the complaint cites past incidents involving CF34 engines experiencing similar corrosion-related problems.

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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.