Ua haʻalele aku ka mokulele ʻo Hawaiian Airlines 50 iā Daniel K. Inouye International Airport i ka pō Pōʻahā me 253 mau ohua no kahi lele lele ʻole i New York, kahua mokulele JFK. ʻO kekahi o nā kahu lawelawe e hana ana i kēia lele ʻo Emile Griffith, he 60 ona makahiki, a he kamaʻāina no Pahoa, ma ka Mokupuni ʻo Hawaii. Ua hana ʻo ia no ka mokulele ma mua o 30 mau makahiki.
Midway ma luna o ka Moana Pākīpika, kāna mau hoa, he kauka a me kahi mea kōkua ma waena o nā mea holo i hana i ka cardiopulmonary resuscitation "no nā hola" a me ka kūleʻa ʻole.
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Ua hoʻolaha aku ke Kāpena Kālepa o Hawaiʻi i kahi ulia pōpilikia a pae i nā mokulele ma Kapalakiko, kahi e kali ai ka mokulele ma ke alaloa no 2 mau hola a ke kali nei no ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka coroner.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Hawaiian Airlines i kēia ʻōlelo:
“Ua kaumaha nui mākou i ka lilo ʻana o Emile Griffith, he lālā o ko mākou ʻohana kahu lele no nā makahiki he 31 a ʻoi i hala i ka wā e hana ana i kā mākou lele ma waena o Honolulu a me New York i ka pō nei. Mahalo mau loa mākou no nā hoa hana a Emile a me nā Samaria maikaʻi ma luna o ka moku i noho ma kona ʻaoʻao a hāʻawi i ke kōkua olakino nui. Ua aloha ʻo Emile iā ia a ua aloha nui i kāna hana ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a kaʻana like i kēlā me kā mākou poʻe kipa. Aia ko mākou naʻau me ka ʻohana a Emile, nā hoaaloha a me nā mea pōmaikaʻi āpau e ʻike iā ia. Ua hoʻolako ʻo Hawaiian Airlines i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no kāna mau hoa hana. ”
