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Four dead in military-contracted helicopter crash at Hawaii Navy facility

By Abigail Adcox

Published February 23, 2022 2:42am ET

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Four people are dead after a military contractor helicopter crashed on the Hawaiian island of Kauai on Tuesday, according to officials at a local U.S. Navy facility.

The Navy told the Garden Island that a civilian-contracted helicopter operated by the Croman Corporation crashed around the north side of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands around 10 a.m. The victims had not been identified as of press time.

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