A helicopter carrying six people seriously injured the pilot and one passenger after it went down over a remote Hawaii Island lava field late on Wednesday, officials said.
Cyrus Johnasen, a Hawaii County public information office, said the tour helicopter with a pilot and five passengers on board crashed near the southernmost tip of the Big Island.
At approximately 5:30 p.m., authorities received an initial report on the crash, HawaiiNewsNow reported.
The Hawaii County Fire Department dispatched two helicopters to the site to airlift victims to ambulances waiting on nearby roads as vehicles were unable to access the crash site.
Everyone was safely evacuated, but the pilot, described as a man in his 50s, had been stuck in the aircraft. He was safely extracted in a serious but stable condition….