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Hawaii senator who had to flee from Jan. 6 rioters: Bombshell testimony ‘gives me chills’
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono instructed Hawaii Information Now Tuesday she was was “shaken” by bombshell testimony throughout a shock listening to by the particular Home committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
On Tuesday, a former White Home aide testified that President Trump lunged at his Secret Service after they refused to drive him to the Capitol. The aide additionally mentioned Trump knew most of the rioters had been armed, however nonetheless despatched them to the Capitol.
Former aide: Trump tried to seize steering wheel from Secret Service agent after 1/6 rally
“I used to be simply shaken by at the moment’s testimony specifically as a result of it actually revealed the president’s frame of mind,” mentioned Hirono.
“He knew the rioters, the insurrectionists had been storming the Capitol and had been armed. He mentioned they weren’t there to harm me and he might give a rip about them hurting anybody else,” she added.
Hirono says on Jan. 6, when members of Congress had been rushed to a protected location, they didn’t know what was occurring and later realized how shut they received to the rioters.
“Once they introduced the TV displays in and we might see what was taking place, it actually was scary,” mentioned Hirono.
“I got here to the conclusion that day that we might have been badly harm or killed,” she added.
Hirono says at the least one in every of her colleagues was in a room and will hear the rioters.
“She might hear them outdoors shaking doorknobs, yelling and swearing that they wished to search out the ‘f-ing’ members of Congress,” mentioned Hirono. “It offers me chills simply to speak with you about it now.”
She believes the committee investigating the assault has confirmed legal conduct occurred on that day.
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Police on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday said they were investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines jet that arrived from Chicago.
Flight operator United Airlines said the area of the Boeing 787-10 was only accessible from the outside of the aircraft, adding that it was unclear how the deceased individual had gained access.
What we know so far
The body was found in one of the compartments housing the airplane’s landing gear after United Flight 202 from Chicago O’Hare International Airport landed at Kahului Airport.
“The wheel well was only accessible from outside of the aircraft. At this time, it is not clear how or when the person accessed the wheel well,” the airline said.
The Maui Police Department said it was “actively investigating” the grim discovery, but shared no further information.
Stowaways sometimes hide in the unpressurized wheel-houses of planes, or inside cargo holds, and can face temperatures of between minus 50 degrees and minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 58 and minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit).
They also face the problem of a lack of oxygen when the plane is at altitude. The fatality rate is high for most of those who hide in wheel wells, but some people survive the journey.
Last year, a stowaway was discovered in the undercarriage bay of an Algerian carrier’s aircraft in Paris.
A person was also discovered alive in the wheel section of a Cargolux freight plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, which had traveled from South Africa via Kenya.
rc/rm (AP, Reuters)
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WAIMEA (HawaiiNewsNow) – Federal investigators are looking into what caused a plane to crash on Hawaii Island Monday.
The National Transportation Safety Board confirms it is looking into what caused a Cessna to go down at Parker Ranch in Waimea shortly before noon.
Investigators said preliminary information indicated the plane experienced a loss of engine power.
A witness said two people walked away from the aircraft on their own. No one was hurt.
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