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Hawaii Plane Crash Kills Vet and Son

What: single engine Piper Cherokee PA32
Where: Koolau Mountains in East Oahu near the Lanipo Trail on WAIALAEIKI RIDGE, 10 MILES FROM HONOLULU, HI
When: Jan 11, 2010
Who: Pilot Dr. Nicolas Polumbo and passenger Timmy Polumbo
Why: AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, ONE WAS FATALLY INJURED, ONE UNKNOWN INJURIES, WRECKAGE LOCATED ON WAIALAEIKI RIDGE, 10 MILES FROM HONOLULU, HI

The pilot had been flying to his veterinary clinic and made no mayday call prior to the crash. Visibility may have been a factor as the weather was overcast.

Crash crews rapelled from the helicopter due to the inaccessibility of the crash site.

(Link to a recovery video. KITV has not released for embedding)

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