LAS VEGAS - ʻO kahi helikopter huakaʻi e hoʻi ana i Las Vegas mai Grand Canyon i hana i kahi pae ulia pōpilikia kokoke i Lake Mead ma hope o ka paʻi ʻana me kahi manu, wahi a nā luna paka.
ʻO ka mea hoʻokele, ʻo David Supe, 25, o Henderson, Nev., ua ʻoki ʻia e ke aniani haki i ka wā i haki ai ka pale makani, ua hōʻike ʻia ka Las Vegas Sun. ʻAʻole i ʻeha kāna mau kaʻa ʻeono i ka hui ʻana i ke ahiahi Pōʻakahi a ua hoʻouna ʻo Maverick Tours i kahi kaʻa e hoʻihoʻi iā lākou i Las Vegas.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Supe i ka helikopter ma ke ala kaʻaahi ma ka Lake Mead National Recreation Area, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi waha ʻōlelo no ka National Park Service.
Ua paʻi ʻia ka helikopter e kahi cormorant, he manu wai nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tom Supe, ka makuakāne o ka mea hoʻokele, ua loaʻa iā ia ka laikini pailaka no nā mokulele mai kona makahiki he 17 a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e lele i nā helikopter ʻelua makahiki ma hope. Ua lawelawe ʻo Supe ma ke ʻano he pailaka ma nā hana ulia pōpilikia ma Texas a ua lele ʻo ia i nā helikopter ma Alaska, ua hoʻohui kona makuakāne.
