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 fatally crashed in Florida is suing GE Aerospace and other companies involved in the aircraft's manufacture and maintenance.
The lawsuit primarily blames GE Aerospace, alleging engine failure due to a known, recurring corrosion defect in its CF34-3B engines that the company purportedly concealed and failed to adequately address.
The complaint cites the NTSB's preliminary report identifying corrosion and highlights a history of prior engine incidents and alleged insufficient warnings from GE Aerospace, especially to business jet operators.
Other defendants, including Bombardier and various maintenance firms, are accused of failing to identify these critical engine defects during inspections.

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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.