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well we received notification from air

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traffic control that a plane had

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declared emergency fuel and was

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estimating that they would be ditching

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100 miles to the northeast of uh Hilo

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International Airport . So we

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rendezvous with the aircraft and set up

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for a rescue for when he entered the

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water .

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We launched the R . C . 1 30 to

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rendezvous with the pilot and

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established communications . We

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prestaged our helicopter over at L . A .

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International Airport so be uh standing

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by for the moment that he entered the

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water . And the Coast Guard cutter

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Kiska was also deployed . We wanted to

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fully prepare him for the ditching

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scenario . Uh so how to set up his

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cockpit exactly how to enter the water .

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And it's a very complex maneuver that

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he executed executed very successfully

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and uh was prepared for uh well we just

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wanted to make sure the pilot was fully

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prepared for this scenario . It's not

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something he gets to practice very

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often but because we were able to

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communicate with him and explain to him

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how how best to execute the maneuver

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turned out to be a successful scenario .