Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hana ma kahi mokulele ʻo Milford Sound ma hope o ka hōʻeha ʻana o ʻelua o kāna mau pailaka i ka wā o ka lele hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kēia kakahiaka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Milford Sound Flights ua hoʻāla ʻia kahi beacon hulina pilikia ma 9.15am mai kekahi o kāna mau mokulele, he mokulele Cessna, i ka wā o ka lele aʻo ʻana me ʻelua mau limahana ma luna o ka moku.
Rescue Coordination Center New Zealand rescue mission coordinator Chris Wilson i ʻōlelo ʻia ua loaʻa ka mokulele ma ka ʻaoʻao o 5 mau kilomita ma ka hema o Mt Nicholas a ua hele ʻia e nā helikopter Rescue mai Queenstown a me Te Anau.
Ua lawe ʻia kekahi kanaka i ka Halemaʻi ʻo Kew ma Invercargill a ua loaʻa i nā ʻeha he nui, a ua lawe ʻia kekahi i ka Halemaʻi Apana ʻo Lakes ma Queenstown akā aia i kēia manawa ma ka Halemai Dunedin. Aia ʻo ia i kahi kūlana kūpaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sergeant Pete Graham o nā mākaʻi o Te Anau, ua paʻi ka mokulele i kahi panakō e hoʻokokoke ana i ka ea a lele i ka pae ma kona kua.
"Ke mālama nei mākou i nā ʻohana i ka wā e ʻike ai mākou i ka ʻike hou aʻe akā i kēia manawa aia ka mea i ka lima o nā lawelawe pilikia," wahi a Lenska Papich ka luna kamaʻilio hui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jeff Staniland, Luna Nui o Milford Sound Flights, ua noho pū nā pailaka me ka hui no kekahi manawa a ua ʻike lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia no ka mahalo i nā kūlana e hoʻokuʻu ana ka mokulele i kāna mau hana ʻoihana i kēia hopena pule.
“He lā paʻakikī kēia no ka hui a me ko lākou ʻohana ma Milford Sound Flights. Aia ko mākou mau manaʻo me kā mākou mau pailaka i kēia manawa, "wahi a Mr Staniland.
Ua hana nā mākaʻi i nā nīnau ma ke kahua no ka CAA nāna e noiʻi hou i kēia hihia.
ʻO Milford Sound Flights kahi hui hui ma waena o Skyline Enterprises a me Real Journeys.
