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NTSB Report: “Loud Bang” Heard Prior to Kalaupapa Plane Crash
The pilot of a plane that crashed off of Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi in December heard, “a loud bang,” and said the plane experienced a “total loss of power” shortly after takeoff, according to a preliminary accident report published this week by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Flags Lowered in Remembrance of Health Director Fuddy
Flags in Hawaiʻi will be lowered to half-staff on Saturday, Dec. 21, in honor of state Health Director, Loretta Fuddy, whose memorial services will be held on that day.
VIDEO: Kalaupapa Plane Crash, Coast Guard Response
The agency responded by launching two MH-65 Dolphin helicopters and one HC-130 Hercules airplane from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point on Oʻahu; Cutters Ahi and Galveston Island, home-ported in Honolulu; and two 45-foot Response-Boat Medium crews from Station Maui.