Pilot missing after mail plane crash
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The pilot of a twin-engine plane carrying about 4,200 pounds of U.S. mail between Honolulu and Kauai was missing after crashing in the ocean about seven miles south of Kauai.
Debris from the Beechcraft 1900, with only the pilot aboard, was spotted in the water by the crew of a 25-foot Coast Guard boat from Kauai.
No distress call was received from the pilot.
Some of the mail, probably a mix from Hawaii, the mainland and international points, was recovered and will be delivered, U.S. Postal Service spokesman Duke Gonzales said.
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