PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A private helicopter with five people on board crashed Thursday into Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, leaving a teenage passenger in critical condition, officials said.
The Bell 206 aircraft made a hard landing and sank near the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, a popular tourist destination on Oahu, U.S. Navy spokeswoman Agnes Tauyan said.
Local author Allan Seiden was signing books at the visitor center when someone told him a helicopter crashed.
Federal Aviation Administration investigators were on their way to the crash site.
Twelve Hawaii-based Marines were killed when two helicopters military crashed during nighttime training on Jan. 14.
Both aircraft were CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters that were part of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463.
