Hawaii health official killed in plane crash
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12/12/2013
Excerpt:
A top Hawaii health official died Wednesday after a small plane she was on crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the island of Molokai.
KHON-TV reported that Hawaii Department of Health Director Loretta Fuddy died when the Makani Kai Cessna Grand Caravan crashed half a mile off the north shore of Molokai. Fuddy was one of eight passengers on board the plane in addition to the pilot, and the only one who did not survive.
The plane took off at approximately 3:35 p.m. Wednesday from the Kalaupapa Peninsula bound for Honolulu. In addition to Fuddy, the department's deputy director, Keith Yamamoto, was also booked on the flight, department spokeswoman Janice Okubo told the Associated Press.
Makani Kai Air has said that the pilot did not make any radio calls indicating that he was in trouble before the crash. Another pilot spotted the wreckage and survivors wearing life vests and called in the details to the Molokai Airport tower - (bold and color emphasis added in two paragraphs above)
"They rescued eight people who got out of the plane. Difficult conditions as it was offshore in the water a couple hours before dark," Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig told KHON. Seelig added that one body was found in the fuselage of the plane.
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UPDATE
Engine failed in Hawaii plane crash that killed top health official
Published December 12, 2013
Associated Press
HONOLULU – Engine failure caused the crash of a plane in the ocean off Hawaii that killed the director of the state health department, the owner of the airline said Thursday. Eight other people onboard, including the pilot, survived.
Owner Richard Schuman of Makani Kai Air said the pilot did his best to get the single-engine plane down safely and keep the passengers together in the waters off Molokai.
Asked how they survived, he responded: "Will."
"Getting out of the aircraft was important," he said. "It was, extremely, a team effort on many people to take care of them."
The pilot of the 2002 Cessna Grand Caravan was physically OK, said Schuman, who declined to release his name. Little information was available on the conditions of the other passengers.
Maui County officials said the National Transportation Safety Board was investigating the crash that occurred on Wednesday and killed health director Loretta Fuddy.
The plane, bound for Honolulu, went down about a half-mile northwest of Kalaupapa peninsula, Maui Fire Department spokesman Lee Mainaga said in a statement.
Schuman said he did not yet know why the engine failed because he has not been able to see the plane. It crashed soon after takeoff, after getting into the air and making its turn toward Honolulu, he said.
Schuman said the plane had no previous problems.
"There's only one engine on that plane and when it quits on you, you just have to deal with it in that moment," he said.
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FoxNews.com
12/12/2013
Excerpt:
A top Hawaii health official died Wednesday after a small plane she was on crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the island of Molokai.
KHON-TV reported that Hawaii Department of Health Director Loretta Fuddy died when the Makani Kai Cessna Grand Caravan crashed half a mile off the north shore of Molokai. Fuddy was one of eight passengers on board the plane in addition to the pilot, and the only one who did not survive.
The plane took off at approximately 3:35 p.m. Wednesday from the Kalaupapa Peninsula bound for Honolulu. In addition to Fuddy, the department's deputy director, Keith Yamamoto, was also booked on the flight, department spokeswoman Janice Okubo told the Associated Press.
Makani Kai Air has said that the pilot did not make any radio calls indicating that he was in trouble before the crash. Another pilot spotted the wreckage and survivors wearing life vests and called in the details to the Molokai Airport tower - (bold and color emphasis added in two paragraphs above)
"They rescued eight people who got out of the plane. Difficult conditions as it was offshore in the water a couple hours before dark," Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig told KHON. Seelig added that one body was found in the fuselage of the plane.
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UPDATE
Engine failed in Hawaii plane crash that killed top health official
Published December 12, 2013
Associated Press
HONOLULU – Engine failure caused the crash of a plane in the ocean off Hawaii that killed the director of the state health department, the owner of the airline said Thursday. Eight other people onboard, including the pilot, survived.
Owner Richard Schuman of Makani Kai Air said the pilot did his best to get the single-engine plane down safely and keep the passengers together in the waters off Molokai.
Asked how they survived, he responded: "Will."
"Getting out of the aircraft was important," he said. "It was, extremely, a team effort on many people to take care of them."
The pilot of the 2002 Cessna Grand Caravan was physically OK, said Schuman, who declined to release his name. Little information was available on the conditions of the other passengers.
Maui County officials said the National Transportation Safety Board was investigating the crash that occurred on Wednesday and killed health director Loretta Fuddy.
The plane, bound for Honolulu, went down about a half-mile northwest of Kalaupapa peninsula, Maui Fire Department spokesman Lee Mainaga said in a statement.
Schuman said he did not yet know why the engine failed because he has not been able to see the plane. It crashed soon after takeoff, after getting into the air and making its turn toward Honolulu, he said.
Schuman said the plane had no previous problems.
"There's only one engine on that plane and when it quits on you, you just have to deal with it in that moment," he said.
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