Hana ka helikopter huakaʻi ʻo Hawaii i ka pae paakiki a ʻolokaʻa ʻia ma ke kahua ʻo Lava

Ua pae paʻakikī kekahi helikopa kaʻapuni Hawaiʻi i kēia lā, Pōʻalima, Malaki 5, 2020, a ʻolokaʻa ʻia i loko o ke kula pele. Ma mua o ka hola 12:00 awakea ma ka Mokupuni Nui o Hawaii kokoke i Leilani Estates.

ʻAʻohe o ka poʻe 8 ma luna o ka moku i ʻeha nui.

Ua hoʻopuka ka mea lawelawe helicopter Blue Hawaiian Helicopters i kēia ʻōlelo:

“I ka lā 5 o Malaki, e lele ana kekahi mokulele Hawaiʻi ʻulaʻula ma kahi kokoke i ka ʻāina ʻo Leilani Estates i ka wā i alakaʻi ai ka mea hoʻokele i kahi pae makaʻala. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka helikopter mai ke kahua o Hilo ma ka huakaʻi "Circle of Fire". Ua palekana ka ʻelima o ka moku a me ka pailaka.

“ʻO ka palekana o kā mākou poʻe holo kaʻa a me ka mea hoʻokele ka mea nui o kā mākou hoʻoholo, a ʻo ka hoʻoholo ʻana a ka mea hoʻokele e pae palekana i ka mokulele ʻo ia ka hoʻoholo pololei. Ua kāhea ʻia nā lawelawe pilikia kūloko, a ua hoʻolaha mākou i ka FAA a me NTSB. Ua kūpaʻa mākou e hana pū me ka FAA a me NTSB. "

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ian Gregor me ka Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) he Eurocopter EC130 i haʻalele mai Hilo International Airport i ka wā i loaʻa ai nā pilikia ma kahi o 17 mau mile ma ka hikina hema o kēlā kūlanakauhale.

Ua haʻi aku ke Aliʻi Pūʻali Puʻuwai Kinai Ahi ʻo William Bergin i ka AP "pono ​​​​ka pailaka e hoʻonoho i ka mokulele i lalo" no ka mea ua hōʻike ʻia kahi kukui hōʻike i kahi pilikia me ka rotor huelo. ʻAʻole maopopo inā hāʻule ka helikopter a i ʻole ka pae ʻana.

Ua pane aku kahi helikopter hoʻopakele o ke keʻena ahi a me nā mākaʻi a me nā mea lapaʻau ma ke kahua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gregor e noiʻi ka FAA i ka hanana.

Ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka helikopter ma mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Senatoa Ed Case ʻo Hawaiʻi penei: “ʻAʻole palekana ka helikopter huakaʻi a me nā hana mokulele liʻiliʻi, a ke uku nei nā ola hala ʻole i ke kumukūʻai. I ko kakou Hawaii wale no, ka oihana, oiai e hoopaapaa ikaika ana i ka palekana a me ke kupilikii i na kaiapuni, ua nana pono ole i na mea e pono ai ka palekana, ma ka hoonui nui ana i na makahiki i hala iho nei, ka nui o na mokulele, i na manawa a pau o ke ao a me ka po, me he mea la. ʻO ka wā āpau ma luna o nā wahi noho a me nā wahi ʻoi aku ka pilikia a me nā wahi mamao, ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoponopono i ka palekana o ka ʻāina a me nā pilikia pilikia o ke kaiāulu.