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Rescue Management Operations Coordinated to Save to Missing Survivors and from a Tourist Chopper Impacting a Crash Off of Hawaiian Island of Kauai after One Person had been Killed of Technical Failure

Cory W. Morrel
JUL 17, 2024
Hawaiian Crash of Tour Firm Corporate Helicopter Leaves One Person Dead and Two Others Injured in Kauai Pushing Demand Push Response Action to Committee Rescue Management Team Operations Sent to Save
Friday, July 12th, 2024, 2:00 PM reporting from Wednesday, July 17th, 2024, 8:01 PM- Honolulu- Kauai department of public safety division radioed the coast guard and other search and rescue team personnel management after a hiker reported seeing a corporate tour company helicopter collide submerged below water roughly estimated a quarter of a mile (0.4 kilometers) of events taken place off the Na Pali Coast on Thursday afternoon and acknowledged reporting the fire department, administrators told.
The business helicopter had allegedly crashed off the big Hawaiian chain of Kauai, law enforcement stated, where one person has been reported killed and leaving two other lost victims in the latest in a series of crashed to downgrades the reputation of the industry denigrated in previous years.
Model style series version of the chopper is a patent licensed Robinson R44 helicopter associated of the Ali'i Kauai Air Tours & Charters, police stated.
Public records of billing agencies itself were inspected and discovered the helicopter is a privately family-owned entity property equipment and commanded air our business on Kauai, and its public domain stated it has additional history lineage three decades of flying experience. It provides compensated private tours by plane or helicopter.
“Preliminary information indicates that the pilot on board was a local resident, and the two passengers on board are believed to be visitors from the mainland,” Kauai Police Chief Todd Raybuck said at a news conference Friday. Authorities did not provide their identities.
Kauai personal life coast guard officers and personal watercraft reclaimed one body from the ocean Thursday. There happened to be also an observed present oil spill supply of petroleum leaking in the pond area, along a few small pieces of floating wreckages, Kauai Fire Department Chief Marshal Michael Gibson detailed.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Kauai teams perpetuated response controlling effort of the rescue operation and with pursuing the hunted searched of the victims Friday for two other helicopter cabin crew members that went in the waters too.
The apparent present weather of circumstances was vague at during the time of the incident, and average for this time of year with winds of roughly 15 mph, light cloud and scatters thunderstorms, Gibson replied, "We do not believe the weather was a concern.”
The National Transportation Safety Board has conducted an assigned case investigation pending in reflection to conflict of the deadly crash. After the company licensed equipment is collected, an NTSB insurance adjustor will start recording sequential place where the crash occurred, and the studying the aircraft, the division stated Friday. The aircraft will afterwards be collected to a protected designated secured restricted military area for further inspection.
The previous year the Federal Aviation Administration conceived a new phase for the stages of an air tour so management in Hawaii to be accepted confirmation consent to fly at the bottom altitudes chasing other life-threatening collisions.
Site Seeing Trip Searching and Watching Programs by Helicopter Tours can hover above the sky at 1,500 feet (460 meters) otherwise different they have authorization to descend less. The FAA stated it would verify and summarize the data helicopter statistic flight plan before releasing authorization.
The action arrived a quick decision after three deadly crashes happened in 2019, including one that accidently killed a pilot and six passengers on the Na Pali Coast. The NTSB accused the crash on the pilot's decision to conscientiously perpetuate flying activities in severe weather conditions.
The different victims passed away when a site seeing trip program helicopter had technical malfunction issues, crashing below in a Honolulu suburb, and 11 were killed, after their skydiving jet scrambled radical formation descent collapsed after takeoff on Oahu's North Shore. Federal investigators accuse that crash on the pilot's hostile emission uplift off the ground takeoff.
An additional helicopter impacted into a remote Big Island lava field during a dusk evening tour in June 2022, injuring the six people abord the helicopter.
Lad, Sanger, a Texas-founded aviation legal specialist and helicopter pilot, has maneuvered the air tour crash litigation in Hawaii and soared above in a helicopter in Kauai.
The result of the last crash demonstrated it's not unexpected inconvincibility to be flying a single-jet engine helicopters over Hawaii, including off Kauai's rigged shoreline, he explained.
“If there is an engine problem on Kauai, it is very likely going to be a terrible outcome,” he said. “It is a really rough island, and there are so few places to land a helicopter.”
A Robinson R44 is also more susceptible to Hawaii's often-changing climates, he said.
“Kauai is gorgeous, and there is no way to see the beauty of Kauai but from a helicopter,” he said. “But it needs to be the right helicopter.”
Not many Hawaii tour companies operate twin-engine turbine helicopters because they're more expensive, Sanger said.
“Our hearts go out to the families and friends of those affected,” David Smith, president and CEO of Robinson Helicopter Company, said in a statement. “Safety is our highest priority, and we are cooperating fully with all investigating authorities to understand the circumstances surrounding this event.”
Robinson helicopters, including the R44 model, “have a proven track record of safe operation across diverse and challenging environments, from the mountainous terrain of Switzerland to the tropical climate of Hawaii,” the company said. “Robinson helicopters have been operating safely in Hawaii since the 1980s, with some operators flying up to 16,000 flight hours a year without incident.”
While the federal government generally controls air safety measures, Hawaii lawmakers have tried to indirectly make helicopter tours safer, said state Rep. Nadine Nakamura, whose Kauai district includes the Na Pali Coast.
But a bill last session attempting to increase aircraft liability insurance didn't make it to the governor's desk, she said.
She noted that past crashes have been due to a variety of issues including weather and mechanical problems.
“And that's what visitors have to weigh — that there have been crashes in the past,” she said. “People have to balance their desire to see remote and exotic places, from a vantage point that is quite stunning, to the risks involved.”