Accidents
Missing King Air Recovered Off Maui
Three medevac crewmembers died when an air ambulance crashed off Maui in December.
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The wreckage of the medevac King Air that went missing off Maui on December 15 has been recovered along with the bodies of the pilot and two medical crewmembers. Salvagers discovered the wreckage in approximately 6,420 feet of water, 1,200 feet south of the aircraft’s last ADS-B fix.

Registered as N13GZ, the 22-year-old King Air C90A was being operated by Guardian Life Flight and was en route to a patient pickup at Waimea on the island of Hawaii. The airplane crashed at approximately 9:14 p.m. local time. Weather conditions reported at the time were VMC with visibility of 10 miles. The aircraft was on an IFR flight plan from the Kahului airport (KOGG) on Maui to Waimea-Kohala airport (KMUE). 

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