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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, October 8, 2009

Coast Guard plan flies in ailing infant from Samoa

Advertiser Staff

A Coast Guard air crew from Kalaeloa flew an ill infant from American Samoa to Hawai'i on Monday.

The 7-week-old girl was being treated at Tripler Army Medical Center after being transported aboard a C-130 long-range search plane.

The plane, which also carried a medical assist team including a Coast Guard flight surgeon, left American Samoa Monday evening and landed on O'ahu about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.