A Eurocopter AS350 ndege ya helikopita ndi yoyendetsedwa ndi Ma Helikopita a Safari adasowa usiku watha pachilumba cha Kauai ku Hawaii. Mmawa uno, helikopita inapezeka ku Kokee pafupi ndi Nualolo.

Komabe, ntchito yofunafuna opulumuka ikupitirirabe. "Choyamba, malingaliro athu ndi mapemphero athu ali ndi mabanja a okwerawa," adatero Meya wa Kauai Derek Kawakami. "Ntchito zikupitilira ndipo tikuchita zonse zomwe tingathe pakadali pano."

A Coast Guard adakhazikitsa lamulo ku Kauai pamene adagwirizana ndi mabungwe angapo pakusaka kosalekeza kwa helikopita yosowa yonyamula anthu a 7 - woyendetsa ndege ndi alendo a 6. A Coast Guard ati ana a 2 ndi ena mwa omwe adakwera mu chopper.

Ndege za Safari Helicopters zinali kuyendera pagombe la Na Pali ndipo zidayenera kubwerera ku Lihue Airport pafupifupi 5:30 pm Lachinayi.

Malinga ndi lipoti loyambirira, kukhudzana komaliza kwa woyendetsa ndegeyo kudachitika cha m'ma 4:40 pm pomwe woyendetsa adawonetsa kuti akuchoka kudera la Waimea Canyon. Ngakhale kuti ndegeyo inali ndi makina apakompyuta, palibe zizindikiro zomwe zinalandiridwa pambuyo pa nthawiyo.

Ogwira ntchito pa helikopita a Coast Guard a Dolphin adafufuza maulendo atatu usiku wonse kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Kauai pamene gulu la HSM-3 Seahawk linayang'ana dera la kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa nyanja kwa maola angapo. Zomwe zinagwiritsidwanso ntchito zinali ndege ya Coast Guard ya HC-37, ndege ya MH-130, 65-foot Response Boat Medium, ndi William Hart (WPC 45) lero kuti ayambenso kufufuza chopper.

Gulu la ndege la US Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 MH-60R Seahawk ogwira ntchito pa ndege ndi Civil Air Patrol adathandiziranso kufufuza kwamlengalenga ndi pansi pamodzi ndi Kauai Fire Department, Kauai Police Department, State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Air National Guard, ndi makampani apadera a helikopita.

Curt Lofstedt, pulezidenti wa Island Helicopters Kauai, adati ali ndi ma helikoputala atatu omwe amathandiza kufufuza. Ma helikoputala apadera akufufuza madera kunja kwa Waimea Canyon, adatero Lofstedt.

Safari Helicopters yakhala ikuchita maulendo okaona malo ku Kauai kuyambira 1987. Malingana ndi webusaiti yake, kampaniyo imagwiritsa ntchito ndege za AStar 350 B2-7.

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

The Coast Guard established a command post on Kauai as they collaborated with multiple agencies in the ongoing search for a missing tour helicopter carrying 7 people – a pilot and 6 tourists.
Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 MH-60R Seahawk helicopter crew and Civil Air Patrol also assisted in air and ground searches along with the Kauai Fire Department, Kauai Police Department, state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Air National Guard, and private helicopter companies.
The Coast Guard's Dolphin helicopter crew conducted 3 search patterns throughout the night along the northwest portion of Kauai while the HSM-37 Seahawk crew scanned the northwest shoreline area for several hours.