So, the president of the company is pretty well connected in Democrat politics in the state (I say this because he ran for public office). His list of friends and connections may be interesting.
At http://www.khon2.com/news/plane-crashes-in-waters-off-molokai they’ve got the president of the air company saying that the particular area is goofy with cellphone so they can’t tell whether anybody tried to call from there. He says there was another plane circling overhead when the crash happened.
I wonder if Loretta Fuddy couldn’t get out because her seatbelt “jammed”...