Haunting final message of pilots killed in Kamaka Honolulu plane crash
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The victims killed in a tragic plane crash near an airport in Hawaii have been identified, as the pilot's chilling final words were revealed. The Kamaka Air training flight crashed into a building near Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu on Tuesday around 3pm.
![[The other victim was Preston Kaluhiwa, a graduate of Kamehameha Schools]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93277735-14206123-The_other_victim_was_Preston_Kaluhiwa_a_graduate_of_Kamehameha_S-a-20_1734539389638.jpg)
One of the victims was identified as 22-year-old Hiram deFries, a promising Punahou School graduate who was training to earn his pilot's license, according to KITV. The other pilot was Preston Kaluhiwa, a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, according to his family.
![[Witnesses saw the plane flying alarmingly low as the pilot was heard reporting they were 'out of control']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/15/93260823-14206123-Witnesses_saw_the_plane_flying_alarmingly_low_as_the_pilot_was_h-a-16_1734534978976.jpg)
Witnesses reported seeing the plane flying dangerously low before it plummeted to the ground. An audio transmission revealed one of the pilot's final five words before the plane went down. 'We're out of control here,' the pilot said. The pilots were advised to land as safely as they could on 'any runway, any place you can,' before it crashed into the side of the airport-owned building.
![[Smoke was seen billowing from the wreckage, which was said to have fallen in the parking lot of the building]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93260349-14206123-Smoke_was_seen_billowing_from_the_wreckage_which_was_said_to_hav-a-22_1734539508064.jpg)
One of the victims has been identified as 22-year-old Hiram deFries, who was training to earn his pilot’s license. The other victim was Preston Kaluhiwa, a graduate of Kamehameha Schools. 'You're turning right, right?' the tower was heard asking the pilot.
![[Hiram deFries, 22, was training to earn his pilot's license]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93277745-14206123-Hiram_deFries_22_was_training_to_earn_his_pilot_s_license-a-21_1734539389638.jpg)
'We are... we have... uh... we're out of control here,' the pilot responded. 'Okay, if you can land, if you can level it off, that's fine. Any runway, any place you can do,' they responded. Smoke was seen billowing from the wreckage, which was said to have fallen in the parking lot of the building.
![[Kamaka Air operates as an inter-island airline and logistics company that provides air cargo services such as charter service and per-pound service]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/15/93260511-14206123-Nancy_Timco_said_I_was_sitting_at_my_desk_and_all_of_a_sudden_I_-a-8_1734537277720.jpg)
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