Hawaii Wing Suspends Search For Missing Aircraft

Honolulu, Hawai’i – On 16 December & 17 December, Hawai’i Wing Civil Air Patrol U.S. Airforce Auxiliary unit (CAP) volunteers responded to a request for aerial support from the Fourteenth Coast Guard District (USCG) to assist in a search and rescue mission of a missing aircraft.   

“Working with U.S. Coast Guard assets, the Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol, and the Coast Guard Auxiliary, our team conducted a total of 28 searches, over the course of 67 hours, covering over 4,732 square nautical miles,” said Jennifer Conklin, the Coast Guard District 14 Search and Rescue Program Manager. “While it is not an easy decision, we have suspended the active search pending any further new information.”  

Several Civil Air Patrol pilots, mission scanners, and mission observers from Honolulu, Maui, Big Island, and California deployed three of our CAP planes while coordinating with USCG aircrews, Boats-Medium crews, and helicopter aircrews on 16 December to support the rescue search efforts led by the USCG by providing scanning and aerial photography of key points of interest.     

A second mission on 17 December continued with additional CAP assets where four of our CAP planes added additional support in assisting the USCG in covering a wider area of key points of interest.    

Hawai’i Wing Civil Air Patrol remains on standby to provide overflights and work closely with the fourteenth Coast Guard District shall new information become available.   

Involved in the search were:  

            •           Multiple Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrews  

            •           Multiple Air Station Barbers Point C-130J Hercules aircrews  

            •           Multiple Coast Guard Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crews  

            •           The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Hart (WPC 1134)  

            •           Coast Guard Auxiliary aircrews  

            •           Aircrews from the Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol  

 

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Photo taken by: Capt Eva Eglinton 16 Dec 
Mission Briefing by Capt Carol Murray

 

Photo taken by: Capt Eva Eglinton 16 Dec Mission. 
Mission Pilot Capt Eva Eglinton, HIWG 
Mission Observer Capt Timothy Sjobring, CAWG

 

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