The weather had deteriorated in the general area of the accident later in the afternoon.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash and said no emergency signals were sent out from the Eurocopter AS350. Ladd Sanger, a Texas-based aviation attorney and helicopter pilot who has handled several crash cases involving similar helicopters in Hawaii, said tour operators on Kauai face unique challenges because of weather and topography. Fog and rain can move in rapidly and flat areas for an emergency landing are few and far between. Mr Sanger added: ‘Kauai is incredibly unforgiving terrain. ‘If you lose the engine there’s just really no place to land on the tour route that they were flying.’
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