The remains of 6 people have been recovered from the wreckage of a tour helicopter that crashed with 7 aboard on a Hawaiian island, fire official says.
The last contact anyone had with the helicopter was around 4:40 p.m. Thursday when the pilot reported the tour was leaving the Waimea Canyon area, Kauai County officials said.The names of those whose remains were found were not released because officials were still notifying their families, Kanoho said. The Coast Guard had said their were two minors aboard.
Kanoho said earlier Friday that there were members of two families on board, a party of two and a party of four.Hawaii Gov. David Ige said in a statement earlier Friday that “Our thoughts are with the families of those on-board as search and rescue crews work at the site of the helicopter crash on Kauaʻi.”
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending three investigators to the scene of the crash.Eighty percent of the island is uninhabited. Most of it is a state park, and visitors aboard tour helicopters from several companies are a daily occurrence, weather permitting, the Coast Guard said.Derek Kawakami, mayor of the County of Kauai, said Friday afternoon that"we ask for your continued thoughts and prayers.
The cause of the crash has not been determined, but it is the third helicopter crash in Hawaii this year,
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