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2:10 p.m. Update: The Kauaʻi Fire Department provided a photo of its crews responding to Friday morning’s small plane emergency landing in the Menehune Road area of Waimea.
 A single-engine aircraft sits in a field near Menehune Road in Waimea following an emergency landing Friday morning, Oct. 30.
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First responders rescue 5 from small airplane crash in Waimea on Friday
WAIMEA – Kauaʻi Fire Department first responders are on scene of a small plane emergency landing in the Menehune Road area of Waimea on Friday morning, Oct. 30.
According to a preliminary report, KFD personnel received a report shortly before 9 a.m. of a single-engine aircraft that had made an emergency landing. Initial reports indicate five people were on board.
One person sustained apparent injuries. The four others were not injured.
Personnel from the Waimea and Hanapēpē fire stations, Rescue 3, and Air 1, the on-duty Battalion Chief, American Medical Response, Līhu‘e Airport Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, the Kaua‘i Police Department, and private landowners, responded to the incident.
Rescue crews extricated the injured passenger from the aircraft and carried the person out by litter.
The public is asked to avoid the area while first responders are on scene.
This is an active incident. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available.
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