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A Hawaiian Airlines flight bound for Honolulu was forced to return to the Seattle airport shortly after takeoff due to fumes in the cockpit.

Authorities say a small cargo plane on a training flight crashed into a vacant building shortly after taking off from Honolulu’s airport and burst into flames, killing the two people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration says Kamaka Air Flight 689 crashed into the building near the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities have suspended the search for a tour helicopter pilot and one of his passengers. The helicopter was carrying the pilot and a couple from Kentucky when it crashed into the ocean off Kauaʻi last week.

The helicopter was part of Aliʻi Kauai Air Tours and Charters. One person’s body was recovered Thursday, but crews continue to search for two people.

Nearly 10,000 fewer helicopter and air tours are expected annually at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park under a new federal plan. The regulations are the result of a federal appeals court finding three years ago. Critics have argued that chopper blades drown out the sound of nature, disrupting the visitor experience.

Authorities say two people were killed when a small plane headed for Hawaiʻi crashed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Northern California.

The airline says the two pilots of the December flight from Maui made a safety report after landing in San Francisco and are currently receiving additional training.

Federal safety officials are moving to let United Airlines resume using about 50 planes that have been grounded since the engine of one of them blew apart over Denver last year.

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