Ua waiho ʻia kahi hoʻopiʻi ma hope o ka make ʻana o kahi makuakāne a me kāna keiki kāne i ka wā e lele ana i kā lākou mokulele Cessna. Ua waiho ko lākou ʻohana i kahi hoʻopiʻi make hewa i ke aupuni pekelala ma hope o ka make ʻana o kā lākou poʻe aloha ma muli o ka haki ʻana o kahi mokulele Air Force i kā lākou mokulele i ka wā e lele ana. Ua ʻōlelo ka hoʻopiʻi "ʻaʻole i pane kūpono nā limahana o ka Federal Aviation Administration nona ke kuleana no ka hoʻokele mokulele i kēlā lā i ke kūlana." Ua ʻōlelo nā loio o nā mea hoʻopiʻi ʻaʻole i hana ka FAA i kekahi mau hana palekana a hiki i ka wā i hiki ʻole ai ke pale ʻia ka ulia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jim Brauchle, ke loio alakaʻi e pani ana i ka ʻohana, ua manaʻo ka ʻohana ua poina. Ua kūkākūkā lākou me ke aupuni pekelala no nā mahina ʻeono i hala iho nei akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kahi pōmaikaʻi. Ua wehewehe ʻo Brauchle, "Ua kaumaha loa nā ʻohana a manaʻo lākou ʻaʻole i lawe ke aupuni i ke kuleana no kēia ulia."
Michael Johnkeiki kāne, 68, a me kāna keiki kāne, Joseph JohnUa hele akula ke keiki kāne, 30 makahiki, i ke kahua mokulele a ua pā ʻia i ʻehā mau minuke ma hope o ko lākou haʻalele ʻana mai Berkeley. I ka hola 11 a.m., ua loaʻa i ke kikowaena hoʻomalu mokulele kahi ʻōlelo aʻo e hōʻike ana ma o ka radar he ʻelua mile wale nō ke kaʻawale o nā mokulele a kokoke i ke kuʻi ʻana. A laila ua hoʻouna aku ka mea hoʻomalu i kahi leka hoʻomaopopo i ka pailota F-16, e wehewehe ana he mokulele pololei i mua, ʻelua mile ka mamao. A laila ua hoʻouna ʻia kahi kauoha e ʻōlelo ana, "Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i kēlā kaʻa, e huli hema i ke poʻo hoʻokahi ʻewalu ʻole koke." A laila hoʻomaka ka pailota o ka F-16 e hoʻohuli i kāna mokulele. Ma hope iki iho, ua ʻoki ka F-16 ma waena o ka Cessna a loaʻa kahi pōʻino hoʻomalu i kuhikuhi ʻia i kahi muliwai kokoke. Ua lele ka pailota Air Force i ka palekana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brauchle, “no ka mea e hiki koke mai ana kahi ulia pōpilikia, ua pono i ka mea hoʻokele ke wikiwiki hou aku.” Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi lā palena i Iulai 3, 2017, no ka pane mai ke aupuni.
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