Thank you for the correction. Turns out I misunderstood what my source was telling me.
So we’ve got 2 accounts of who alerted the rescue crews to the crash. Miller says a navy helicopter was doing touch-and-goes and reported it. Lang says he just happened to be flying there at the time and reported it (getting a photo while the trail of the plane in the water was still there).
Discrepancies in the stories. They’re all over the place. And a LOT of coincidences, as well as a lot of stuff in the water that doesn’t appear to fit the narrative.
“Lang says he just happened to be flying there at the time and reported it”
No, Lang was told by the tower to look for it as an ELT had gone off.
“Lang and Thomson were on their way to visit friends in Maui and had contacted the Moloka’i tower for clearance just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. They say the tower operator asked if they were able to hear an “ELT” or Emergency Locator Transmitter. They tuned into the signal, but it was faint so they say they began searching for it and scanning the area for wreckage.”
It doesn’t say whether someone told the tower or the tower heard it on there own.
As far as Lang contacting the tower for clearance which you seem to think is suspicious, maybe he does that out of habit or he was following good practice.
BTW, Lang may have taken individual still pictures but he also took video. Look at Post 684, those are screen shots I took from his video.