HONOLULU — Coast Guard spokesman Lt. John Titchen says that three members of the crew of an HH-65 helicopter from Air Station Barbers Point were killed when their helicopter crashed in waters about five miles south of Honolulu last night. Another crewmember remains missing.
The helicopter crashed at 8:15 p.m. Thursday as the crew was conducting search and rescue drills with a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Honolulu.
The Coast Guard is not releasing the names of the crewmembers at this time.
The HH-65 helicopter was manufactured for the Coast Guard by Aerospatiale in the 1980’s and is not capable of water landings.
I am keeping the Barbers Point Coast Guard and their friends and families in my prayers.
An absolute tragedy. These heroes who have risked their life- “so others may live”- are in my thoughts and prayers.