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?
Just found this:
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Molokai emergency response personnel gave Fuddy a final salute at the Ho`olehua airport Monday morning before her body was transported to Honolulu.
“We saved eight because of what you did,” paramedic Scotty Schaefer, also Fuddy’s brother-in-law, solemnly reminded fellow emergency responders. “Loretta was family to us.””
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That was at http://themolokaidispatch.com/kalaupapa-aircraft-wreckage-to-be-recovered-under-investigation/
So not only did Fuddy’s sister work directly with the acting coroner whose spokesman publicly stated (the day after the crash) that Fuddy’s body had been pulled from the wreckage.... but her brother-in-law is a paramedic with the Molokai fire and rescue crew who did the rescue.
The Facebook page for Deliana Fuddy (has all her family stuff on it) says she was born on Molokai. Makes sense if her mom and sister lived there. This whole family is entrenched within the government of that island. Having 2 immediate family members be part of the crew that handles rescue and death counseling type stuff at the very place where her death occurred... is quite a coincidence.
Another interesting note, although I don’t have the link for it right now. At the public memorial for Fuddy the most emotional speaker there was Richard Schuman, who was comforted by Fuddy’s family members.