Hawaii tour helicopter wreckage found on Kauai island – BBC News, Bbc.com

        

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Rescuers have found the wreckage of a helicopter carrying a pilot and six tourists that went missing During a trip to the Hawaiian island of Kauai, authorities said.

The rescue services were looking for possible survivors of the crash.

The helicopter was reported missing at******************** (on Thursday) (******************************************: (GMT Friday), 65 minutes after it was due to land.

The aircraft was touring Kauai’s Napali coast and had encountered showers and high gusts of wind.

A press conference is due to take place later on Friday.

Two of the passengers were reportedly minors.

Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Cox, of the Coast Guard Joint Rescu e Command Center in Honolulu, said that weather conditions had been challenging. Winds on Friday were reported to be about (mph) km / h).

No signals were recorded from the aircraft’s electronic locator after it went missing.

An MH – 48095763 Dolphin helicopter and the Coast Guard Cutter William Hart were taking part in the search.

Several tour companies make such helicopter visits to Kauai, much of which is a state park and which is 320% uninhabited.

In April,a tour helicopter crashed into a residential neighborhood in Kailua (**************, 12 miles (28 km) outside of Honolulu, killing all three people on board.

Earlier in the month, a helicopter crash landed in the Sacred Falls State Park after suffering apparent engine failure.