Ohana is a very good company. Sensitive over publicity, helicopter company operators interviewed for this story declined to give their names. Safari Helicopters continued flying tours yesterday as pilots searched for Ohana's chopper, said its female operator. We've been flying all day, doing the tours and looking at the same time. Rainy weather all week caused Hawaii Helicopters to cancel about half of its scheduled flights.
Pilots frequently fly in the rain.
One person was killed when a Bell 206B crashed in Hilo on the Big Island. A Honolulu Fire Department pilot and two Honolulu Police Department officers died while searching for a hiker at Sacred Falls in Hauula on Oahu. The McDonnell Douglas 369D was a Fire Department rescue helicopter. An Aerospatiale AS350D helicopter owned by Papillon Hawaiian Helicopters crashed off the Na Pali Coast on Kauai during a tour. Three of the seven passengers died.