ending in tragedy. this all began on thursday afternoon. the coast guard, the u.s. navy as well as kauai fire and rescue were alerted after the tourism helicopter failed to return to base at its allotted time. that report launched a massive search and rescue effort involving multiple agencies throughout the night working 16 hours by sea, air and land. as far as the cause of this incident, that remains under investigation. we re told that officials from the national transportation safety board as well as the federal aviation administration are currently on their way here to hawaii to launch that investigation to get to that root cause. early reports possibly point to inclimate weather, especially high winds. sad developments we are learning today from officials. we re told in addition to the pilot, there were two families aboard, including four adults, two children. remains from six of those people have been recovered. a search for the seventh continues. josh campbell, cnn, honolulu.
well as kauai fire and rescue were alerted after the helicopter failed to return to base at its allotted time. that missing aircraft report launched a massive search and rescue effort involving multiple agencies throughout the night, working some 16 hours by sea, air and land. now, as far as the cause of this incident, that remains under investigation. we re told that officials from the national transportation safety board as well as the federal aviation administration are currently on their way here to hawaii to launch that investigation to get to that root cause. we re told that earlier reports possibly point to inclement weather, especially high winds. as far as those on board. sad developments we re learning from officials, we re told that in addition to the pilot, there were two families aboard including four adults, two children. officials announcing that remains from six of those people have been recovered. the search for the seventh continue. josh campbell, cnn, honolulu. and
this all began on thursday afternoon. the coast guard, the u.s. navy as well as kauai fire and rescue were alerted after the tours and helicopter failed to return to base in its allotted time. that launched a massive search and rescue effort involving multiple agencies throughout the night working some 16 hours by sea, air and land. as far as the cause of this incident, that remains under investigation. we re told officials from the national transportation safety board as well as the american e aviation federation are on the way here. we re told early reports point to possibly bad weather. there were two families aboard, including four adults, two children. officials announcing that remains from six of those people have been recovered. a search for the seventh