Comments on: Helicopter Crash http://great-hikes.com/blog/helicopter-crash/ Living and hiking on the island of Kauai Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:52:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Mom http://great-hikes.com/blog/helicopter-crash/#comment-30 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:20:32 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/helicopter-crash/#comment-30 The Sunday, September 25, 2005, edition of the Austin American- Statesman had a one paragraph article on page2 under the column Nation Digest. "Hawaii Copter crash kills three Haena - A tour helicopter crashed into the ocean near Kauai's rugged NaPali Coast, killing three people and leaving three others in the waves to swim to shore. The pilot, who survived, said the helicopter had encountered wind shear just before going down." The Sunday, September 25, 2005, edition of the Austin American- Statesman had a one paragraph article on page2 under the column Nation Digest.

“Hawaii Copter crash kills three Haena - A tour helicopter crashed into the ocean near Kauai’s rugged NaPali Coast, killing three people and leaving three others in the waves to swim to shore. The pilot, who survived, said the helicopter had encountered wind shear just before going down.”

]]> by: Andy http://great-hikes.com/blog/helicopter-crash/#comment-32 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:41:56 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/helicopter-crash/#comment-32 Well, there goes my conspiracy theory that the aviation and tourism industries suppress this kind of news. I still think that if the traveling public knew that one helicopter crashed every year, it would be bad for the helicopter business, especially those whose names appear on the tails of crashed helicopters. Well, there goes my conspiracy theory that the aviation and tourism industries suppress this kind of news. I still think that if the traveling public knew that one helicopter crashed every year, it would be bad for the helicopter business, especially those whose names appear on the tails of crashed helicopters.

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