nomorehelosforme
8th Mar 2020, 16:01
8 people on board and the report is quite conflicting, one comment mentions no survivors and another says extent of injuries unknownOfficials: Hawaii tour helicopter makes hard landing, rolls; injuries unknown (https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4969012002?__twitter_impression=true)PUNA, Hawaii — U.S. authorities say a tour helicopter made a hard landing and rolled over Thursday in Hawaii.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said he had no immediate reports of injuries. The helicopter had departed from Hilo International Airport on the Big Island, he said.
Local officials say the helicopter went down in the mostly rural and remote Puna area, and a rescue helicopter was trying to find it in an inaccessible area.
Eight people were aboard the helicopter, Hawaii County Fire Department Battalion Chief William Bergin said. "The pilot had to set the aircraft down" because an indicator light showed a problem with the tail rotor, he said.
The FAA says it will investigate the incident in an area where lava bubbled up for months in 2018 and destroyed more than 700 homes (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/12/hawaii-volcano-lava-destroys-700-homes/693719002/) as it covered miles of land. The eruption of the Kilauea volcano created miles of new shoreline and filled an entire bay with molten rock.
It comes after a tour helicopter crashed in December (https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2019/12/31/hawaii-helicopter-crash-consumers-should-ask-weather-engines/2776884001/), killing all seven people aboard on another Hawaiian island, Kauai.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said he had no immediate reports of injuries. The helicopter had departed from Hilo International Airport on the Big Island, he said.
Local officials say the helicopter went down in the mostly rural and remote Puna area, and a rescue helicopter was trying to find it in an inaccessible area.
Eight people were aboard the helicopter, Hawaii County Fire Department Battalion Chief William Bergin said. "The pilot had to set the aircraft down" because an indicator light showed a problem with the tail rotor, he said.
The FAA says it will investigate the incident in an area where lava bubbled up for months in 2018 and destroyed more than 700 homes (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/12/hawaii-volcano-lava-destroys-700-homes/693719002/) as it covered miles of land. The eruption of the Kilauea volcano created miles of new shoreline and filled an entire bay with molten rock.
It comes after a tour helicopter crashed in December (https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2019/12/31/hawaii-helicopter-crash-consumers-should-ask-weather-engines/2776884001/), killing all seven people aboard on another Hawaiian island, Kauai.