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Posted at 5:59 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007

Heli USA releases statement

Advertiser Staff

We have received notification that one of our company aircraft was involved in an accident Thursday, March 8, 2007 at approximately 3 p.m. HST at Princeville Airport, Kaua'i.

Six passengers and one crew member (pilot) were onboard resulting in an undisclosed number of fatalities. We are in the process of notifying the families of these individuals. Our sincere condolences go out to all involved.

This is all the information we have at this time. We are working with the investigative authorities in charge to determine exactly what happened. We will inform the media of additional information as soon as it becomes available. For privacy reasons, the names of the passengers will not be released at this time.