Newswatch

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, July 21, 1997

Flight headed here turns
back after engine failure

A jumbo jet flying to Hawaii lost power in an engine and turned back to make a safe landing at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.

None of the 446 people on board United Airlines Flight 191 yesterday were injured and all the passengers were taken to Honolulu on other flights, said United spokesman Richard Martin.

The Boeing 747 was 20 minutes into its flight when the pilot radioed the control tower that he had shut off the No. 4 engine after a cockpit light indicated compressor failure, Martin said.

Isle Air National Guard
joins NATO in Bosnia

Thirty-one members of the Hawaii Air National Guard 297th Air Traffic Control Flight division left yesterday for a 146-day deployment to Taszar Air Base in Hungary.

The group has been placed on active duty in support of Operation Joint Guard, the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, said Department of Defense spokesman Capt. Charles J. Anthony.

The Hawaii Air National Guard personnel will provide radar approach control, air traffic services and tactical air navigation support at Taszar.

The base is the staging area for cargo and personnel destined for Bosnia.

The 297th, based at Barbers Point Naval Air Station, is one of four Hawaii units within the 201st Combat Communications Group.

Vail named as judge
in Maui District Court

Chief Justice Ronald T.Y. Moon has appointed John T. Vail as per diem judge for the District Court of the Second Judicial Circuit on Maui. Vail's one-year term began July 10.

Vail joined the Judiciary in 1981 and served on the Maui District Court bench from 1989 to 1996.

Man gets life sentence
for stabbing murder

Circuit Judge James Aiona Jr. today sentenced a 28-year-old man to life in prison with the possibility of parole for fatally stabbing his brother's roommate.

A jury on May 9 found Douglas Nupeiset guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Jeffrey Fuller, who was stabbed in the back, chest and legs in a Waikiki rooming house last Oct. 22.

Along with the sentence, Aiona ordered Nupeiset to pay $1,369 in restitution to cover expenses of the victim's family.

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Police/Fire


By Star-Bulletin staff

Japan Consulate chef
robbed at knifepoint

A Japanese Consulate General's chef was robbed at knifepoint yesterday, police said.

The case is being investigated as an armed robbery, said Lt. Robert Naylor. Police are looking for an Asian-Caucasian man in his early 40s, about 6 feet tall and weighing 180-200 pounds.

The suspect allegedly confronted the victim at Ala Wai Boulevard and Seaside Avenue between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m. as the chef was getting into his car.

The suspect forced his way into the passenger's side of the car and demanded a cigarette and money, the victim, who was then robbed of his wallet, told police.

Teen falls to his death
at pond on Big Island

WAIMEA, Hawaii -- A 15-year-old boy died yesterday when he fell about 40 feet into a pond in South Kohala.

Police said the boy, whose name was not released, went with a friend in the early afternoon to swim at Anna's Pond on Anna's Ranch. Police said he fell while climbing.

Police question man
in Salt Lake shooting

Police arrested a man in Waipahu for questioning about a Salt Lake shooting last night.

No one was injured in the shooting, which occurred after several men started fighting on Hulakui Drive at about 10 p.m.

The fight involved occupants of a van and people they suspected of damaging a car Friday night.

During the fight, the driver of the van allegedly fired a shot into the air.

15-year-old arrested
in fatal Kahala crash

A 15-year-old girl was arrested in connection with negligent homicide Saturday after a fatal crash in Kahala Friday night.

A boy, 16, was killed when the Toyota 4Runner struck a utility pole on Kealaolu Avenue and flipped over.

A 16-year-old girl was in fair condition at Queen's Hospital this morning, while eight other teen- agers injured in the crash were treated and released.

In other news . . .

Police are investigating an attack on two men at a Keaau, Hawaii, bar that left one in critical condition.

Police are investigating a sexual assault on a woman outside a Kailua-Kona bar about 2:30 a.m. yesterday.

Fire gutted a Kahaluu home early yesterday. Responding to a call around 3 a.m., firefighters found the dwelling at 47-643 Kamehameha Highway ablaze, said Honolulu Police Det. Wayne Fergerstrom.

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