Hard landing at Molokai airport under probe ADVERTISING Hard landing at Molokai airport under probe HONOLULU (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into what caused a small plane on Molokai to make a hard landing and then go off the
Hard landing at Molokai airport under probe
HONOLULU (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into what caused a small plane on Molokai to make a hard landing and then go off the runway.
The mishap happened Saturday morning at the Kalaupapa Airport. All nine passengers and the pilot were able to escape without any injuries.
Makani Kai Air President Richard Schuman says his company’s Cessna 208 Caravan was heading from Oahu and preparing to land when the pilot had to make a last-minute maneuver to avoid another aircraft on the runway.
The small airport does not have an air traffic controller so the pilots communicate directly with one another.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed there was another plane on the runway at the time of the Cessna’s landing but did not say whether it was involved in the incident.
Alternative accommodations study released
HONOLULU (AP) – The Hawaii Tourism Authority said that two studies, commissioned by its Tourism Research Division to assess the impact of alternative accommodations in Hawaii, have been posted on its website and are available to the public for review.
Daniel Nahoopii, HTA Director of Tourism Research, noted the studies, “Hawaii’s Home and Vacation Rental Market: Impact and Outlook” by JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group and “The Impact of Vacation Rental Units in Hawaii 2016” by SMS Research and Marketing Services, provide an independent, factual analysis of how
The current market share of visitors staying in Hawaii hotels has decreased 6 percent compared to 2000, 68 percent versus 62 percent, while total visitor arrivals have increased 23 percent over the same period.
The market share of visitors renting residential units and other alternative accommodations in the Hawaiian Islands is currently 10 percent.
State plans Lehua rat attack, part 2
KAUAI (AP) — The state plans to once again take on the rats that have colonized Lehua Island. Details will be presented Tuesday at the Waimea Neighborhood Center.
“It’s essential that we eradicate rats over there,” said Don Heacock, district aquatic biologist with the Department of Land and Natural Resources and a farmer on Kauai. “You’ll see the nesting colonies of seabirds increasing by an order of magnitude if you can get the rats.”
The project entails seeding the island – a quarter-mile north of the island of Niihau – with rodenticide, by helicopter and with supplemental hand applications, that will kill the rats.
