By Doug Hagmann ——Bio and Archives--December 14, 2013
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"That person remained in the fuselage of the plane. Not much details. Always a difficult situation when you can’t get everyone out, and unfortunately that was the case here."KHON-2 News also reported that the plane "crashed in waters a 1/2 mile off of the north shore of Molokai. Specifically, they stated that the Maui Fire Department and two U.S. Coast Guard helicopters quickly got to the scene, rescuing eight-(8) people who got out of the plane." Early reports from the same news agency also provided additional insight: "Nine people were onboard when the plane took off. One person was pronounced dead, three were flown to Honolulu and taken by ambulance to the Queens Medical Center. Another three stayed on Molokai and were hospitalized. The rest did not need any medical help." Consider this early report with public statements made by the Hawaii Department of Health. This agency maintained — for nearly four hours after the crash, that Ms. Fuddy and deputy director Keith Yamamoto, also a passenger on the plane, were alive. The significance of this assertion will become evident as the various accounts are considered with what was known at the time of the accident or shortly thereafter. As already referenced but now stated in more detail, initial news reports announced that "three passengers were pulled from the water by the two Coast Guard helicopters, and Maui fire crews picked up 'others. One crash survivor swam ashore." Despite these eyewitness and official accounts of Ms. Fuddy not making it out of the interior of the downed plane, ABC News reported several hours later the following account:
"In the final moments of her life, Hawaii Health Director Loretta Fuddy clung to the hand of her deputy after a small plane taking them back to Honolulu crashed in the ocean off the island of Molokai. "In the water, Fuddy held hands with deputy director Keith Yamamoto as he tried to help her relax, said the Rev. Patrick Killilea, who consoled Yamamoto after the ordeal." "He recounted how he said he helped Loretta into her life jacket and he held her hand for some time," the priest said. "They were all floating together and she let go and there was no response from her."At first, one might conclude that the "soul count" of survivors from the air by the circling pilot did not include the "swimmer," thereby explaining the report of "eight-(8) people in life vests" in the water. When considered in the context of that report and the description of the scene offered via radio by the pilot circulating above, however, this theory is inconsistent with the timing of the circling plane. Among the first news reports, it was disclosed that Fuddy's deputy Keith Yamamoto, dressed in blue swim trunks and a tee shirt, was seen being driven away from Makani Air’s Honolulu Airport headquarters at about 7:00 p.m. local time, a full hour before the Hawaii Department of Health made the death of Ms. Fuddy public. Despite the fact that the plane remains unrecovered and lays on the ocean floor of the Pacific, ABC News stated that Makani Kai Air airline owner Richard Schuman determined that "engine failure" was the cause of the crash. This, despite reports from the owner that the crashed plane has no prior reports of mechanical problems. A reasonable person might ask how this could be known without first inspecting the plane, especially since the plane had a clean inspection and maintenance record, according to the same airline owner. According to reports from Hawaii, it is likely that we might never determine the actual cause of the crash. The reason? Conditions in this area of the ocean "prohibit" investigators from recovering the plane. There is no intention of recovering the airplane, according to various reports. As detailed above, there are seriously conflicting accounts of the actual fate of Ms. Fuddy that should cause investigators to take notice. The official working accident report provides the following general information:
Date: 11-DEC-2013 Time: 15:45 LT Owner/operator: Makani Kai Air Registration: N687MA C/n / msn: 208B1002 Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Unknown Location: Offshore Kalaupapa Airport (PHLU), Kalaupapa, Molokai, HI - United States of America Phase: Initial climb Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: PHLU Destination airport: Honolulu Int’l (PHNL) Narrative: The Makani Kai Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan impacted ocean waters shortly after takeoff from Kalaupapa Airport (PHLU), on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. The airplane sustained unreported damage and one of the nine occupants onboard received fatal injuries. The injury status of the remaining eight rescued occupants that were onboard the aircraft have not been disclosed.Erroneous and conflicting initial reports aside, there are very serious questions surrounding the events of December 11, 2013 in the water off of the island of Hawaii. Factual events seem to be as murky as the water on the ocean floor, where the plane that carried the passengers now rests, and remain as questionable as the authenticity of the documents certified by the sole fatality aboard. We live in a country where political dissent, once deemed patriotic, is now the equivalent of an act of terrorism. Lies have become the norm and accepted as fact, despite unassailable evidence right in front of us. Small lies have given way to larger lies, as the more enormous the lie, the easier it is to sell to a readily accepting public suffering from attention deficit disorder. In such an environment, is it that unthinkable that a key conspirator in one of the most blatant forgeries could be silenced while others in her company could be disregarded as mere collateral damage? As written in the beginning, seeking the truth is our moral imperative. The truth of the events of December 11, 2013 did not succumb with Ms. Fuddy, nor is it laying on the ocean floor. The truth still exists, at least for now, with others who are still alive. For them, this might serve as the impetus to assume center stage and disclose what they know, for their ability to draw breath in the future is certainly not guaranteed. The truth also exists in the actions and evidence amassed over the last two years of Ms. Fuddy's life. My next report will offer insight into those findings, and will also address the curious timing of Ms. Fuddy's death. End of part I Sources: Star Advertiser ABCNews.com
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