NAPLES, Fla. (WWSB) - The owners of a charter jet that crashed on I-75 in Naples in 2024 are suing the engine manufacturer and maintenance companies, alleging poor engine design and failure to disclose internal corrosion in the engines caused the crash.

The class-action suit by Hop-A-Jet and two of its subsidiaries names General Electric Company; GE Aerospace; Bombardier, Inc.; Learjet, Inc.; Turbine Engine Specialists, Inc.; and Duncan Aviation, Inc.

The suit alleges the engines’ poor design made it difficult for mechanics and inspectors to discover corrosion in a critical internal area; and that the defendants did not warn operators of the potential problems.

“Although GE, Bombardier, and Bombardier Aerospace knew or should have known that defects and/or dangerous conditions existed i

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