[butterdezillion]

That’s a possibility. With all the discrepancies we’d have to have some hard data to know for sure what happened. The witnesses don’t seem to agree on their accounts.

Interesting article at http://themolokaidispatch.com/airport-construction-on-hold-in-kalaupapa/ They’re supposed to be getting a garage for their fire truck at the Kalapaupa Airport but they can’t agree on where to put it, because they don’t want it to keep people from being able to be close to the runway to watch flights come in and take off, which is the custom there. The priest and DOH administrator Mark Miller picked Fuddy up at the airport in the morning and were around when the rescue crews brought people to the airport, which seems to be a couple miles north of the town itself.

Kawasaki said the engine went out less than a minute after take-off. It just seems weird that nobody would have seen the plane go down.

[Fred Nerks]

...Kawasaki said the engine went out less than a minute after take-off. It just seems weird that nobody would have seen the plane go down.

Couldn't have been any longer, he reached altitude and was making a turn when it happened. Judging by the images of where he landed, it wasn't far from shore. I was relieved to read that the helicopter pilot noted the number on the tail of the aircraft. I wouldn't even trust them to salvage the right 'plane otherwise. Taking the engine out and lifting the aircraft a week later, and showing an aircraft that went down near the shore whole and quite undamaged in bits and pieces all mangled, doesn't suggest all is above board.

...giggles, maybe all those women we thought were dead are being kept somewhere in a harem eating grapes and drinking sherry? So who's going to be next?

[bgill]

It just seems weird that nobody would have seen the plane go down.

Especially weird since the CG was notified of the crash at 3:27 (which would make the report of departure of 3:15 rather than the scheduled 3:35 more in line) be some time after the crash) and the airport wasn't supposed to close until 3:30. Makes you wonder just when the airport personnel closed up or if they had bothered showing up for work that day. Also makes you wonder if Fuddy had chartered the plane and Kawasaki had hung around all day and if he left the plane unattended.

[bgill]

With Fuddy being "The Mayor", you'd think her ride would at least have waved her off. The other passengers should have had rides hanging around unless they all came by taxi. “Once the materials are delivered to site in 2015, we believe this project will be completed within 4 to 6 months more or less,” said Fung. “By Dec. 2015, the garage will be completed and the fire truck will be in place and in use. That is our target.”

Ah, it's island time. That's why it took the rescuers so long. I'm betting the "Fuddy Garage" gets built in a hurry after this.