HONOLULU (AP) — A small plane carrying nine people crashed into the water off the Hawaiian island of Molokai, killing the director of the state Department of Health, officials said. The eight others survived.
A pilot and eight passengers were on board the Makani Kai Air plane, which was scheduled to take off at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday and fly to Honolulu. It went down about a half-mile northwest of Kalaupapa peninsula, Maui Fire Department spokesman Lee Mainaga said in a statement.
The director of the state Department of Health, Loretta Fuddy, and the department's deputy director, Keith Yamamoto, were on the flight, department spokeswoman Janice Okubo said.
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