Owner of plane that crashed off of Lanai says pilots followed proper water-landing protocols By Rick Daysog | February 28, 2021 at 5:37 PM HST - Updated March 1 at 7:04 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The owner of the single-engine plane that crashed into the waters near Lanai Saturday said that the two men on board were flying in windy conditions and executed “a proper water landing.”
The two men involved in the crash had prior experience flying aircrafts. One was an instructor and the other was a pilot working on advancing his credentials.
They had taken off in a DA40 Diamond Star aircraft Saturday afternoon for a training exercise.