User:Musashi1600/Aloha IslandAir Flight 1712
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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 28, 1989 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Molokaʻi, Hawaii |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter |
| Operator | Aloha IslandAir |
| Registration | N707PVdisaster[1] |
| Flight origin | Kahului International Airport |
| Destination | Molokai Airport |
| Passengers | 18 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 20 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aloha IslandAir Flight 1712 was a regularly scheduled Hawaii interisland flight from Hana Airport on Maui to Honolulu International Airport on Oʻahu, via Kahului International Airport on Maui and Molokai Airport on Molokaʻi. On October 28, 1989, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft operating the flight crashed into the mountains near Halawa Valley on the northwestern end of Molokaʻi, killing the 18 passengers and 2 crew aboard.[2][3]
Flight description
[edit]On October 28, 1989, Flight 1712 departed Kahului International Airport at 6:25pm, bound for Molokai Airport on the second of a three-leg flight.[4] Onboard were 2 flight crew and 18 passengers, including 10 players and coaches from the Molokai High School volleyball team who were returning from a series of games in the state high school volleyball tournament on Maui.[5][6] The flight was scheduled to arrive at Molokai Airport at 6:50pm. Radar contact with the aircraft was lost at 6:36pm, as it approached the coast of Molokaʻi Island, and the flight was declared missing about an hour later at 7:30pm.[7] The wreckage was found at 6:25am the following morning near Halawa Valley,[3] about 600 feet above sea level.[8]
Aftermath
[edit]Litigation by the victims' survivors against Aloha Air Group (Aloha IslandAir's parent company) continued until 1994.[9][10] A group of victim's families that received settlements subsequently used the money to establish a scholarship fund to benefit Molokaʻi High School students.[11]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "FAA Registry (N707PV)". Federal Aviation Administration.
- ^ NTSB 1990, p. v
- ^ a b Waite, David (October 30, 1989). "20 die in worst interisland air crash: 8 from high school teams among dead". Honolulu Advertiser. p. A-1.
- ^ NTSB 1990, p. 1
- ^ Miller, Ann (October 30, 1989). "Molokai players were coming home happy". Honolulu Advertiser. p. A-1B.
- ^ "Profiles of the 20 victims of Flight 1712's crash". Honolulu Advertiser. October 31, 1989. p. A-4.
- ^ NTSB 1990, p. 2
- ^ NTSB 1990, p. 2
- ^ Kubota, Gary T. (May 5, 1994). "Parents of teens killed in Molokai air crash settle". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. A2.
- ^ Edwin, Tanji (May 6, 1994). "IslandAir apologizes and pays more". Honolulu Advertiser. p. A5.
- ^ Gima, Craig (October 28, 1999). "Ten years later, Molokai remembers". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
References
[edit]- Forman, Peter N. (2005). Wings of Paradise: Hawaii's Incomparable Airlines. Kailua, Hawaii: Barnstormer Books. ISBN 978-0-9701594-4-1. LCCN 2005908297.
- National Transportation Safety Board (September 25, 1990). "AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT: ALOHA ISLANDAIR, INC., FLIGHT 1712 DE HAVILLAND TWIN OTTER, DHC-6-300, N707PV HALAWA POINT, MOLOKAI, HAWAII OCTOBER 28, 1989" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-16.