Coast Guard Searching For Small Plane Missing Between Maui and Molokai

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UPDATED: 4:30 p.m. Sunday

A Cessna 172 took off from Kahului Airport in Maui Saturday night but disappeared from the radar, according to various news reports. Reports came in of a debris field about 2.5 miles offshore but that hadn’t been confirmed.

The Coast Guard was still searching for the plane Sunday morning, Hawaii News Now reports.

The Maui News story is the most detailed so far.

Later Sunday, the Maui News also reported that the pilot is Jose Krall, the owner of the Maui Bake Shop & Deli in Wailuku. His wife told the paper he was talking to the tower when contact was lost.

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