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Authorities say two people were killed when a small plane headed for Hawaiʻi crashed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Northern California.
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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.
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The National Transportation Safety Board report says the witness — a small plane pilot — reported seeing the Hawaii Life Flight plane on Dec. 15 make a spiraling descent before hitting the water in the Maui Channel.
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The company that operates a medical transport plane says it has gone missing in Hawaiʻi. The fixed-wing aircraft with three people on board went off radar just before 9:30 p.m. Thursday night between Maui and the Big Island.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is releasing various documents related to a Hawaiʻi helicopter crash that injured all six people on board the sightseeing tour in June. The pilot says the engine had been swapped out but three earlier flights that day were normal.
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A preliminary report on the helicopter crash that injured six people on the Big Island this month found that the aircraft experienced a “violent upset” before spinning uncontrollably and landing in a lava field.
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State Sen. Chris Lee, chair of the Transportation Committee, says that while previous regulatory attempts have fallen short or run afoul of federal law, he believes the bill before Gov. David Ige will help protect the public.
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A federal aviation accident investigator will be sent to Hawaiʻi to investigate after a tour helicopter crashed on a remote lava field, injuring all six people on board. Officials say the Bell 407 helicopter crashed on a rough lava field near the Big Island’s southernmost tip.
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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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Federal accident investigators are blaming a deadly Kauaʻi helicopter crash on the pilot’s decision to keep flying into worsening weather. But the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board is saving her sharpest criticism for regulators who are supposed to oversee air tour operations.