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JABig Island Tour Plane Missing
June 18, 2008
Two Japanese tourists and a tour pilot were reported missing on the Big Island yesterday after their plane failed to return back to the Kona airport yesterday. The single-engine Cessna 172 that went missing was operated by Island Hoppers tour company. The flight was scheduled to head clockwise around the Big Island, and was last seen by another pilot with the same tour company around 12:45pm. The plane left Kona at about 10:15am and was due to return at 1:30pm.
