many on kauai new sandra, even watched her as a teenager dancing in a local marketing video.many here, she was multi- racial, growing up in a household that was half japanese, half portuguese, all hawaiian. and a devout catholic who attended saint catherine's school with friends alma umala and joanie arita. >> when people ask you what was sandy like, what would you tell them? >> she was absolutely a go- getter. like she was teacher's pet. >> oh, really? >> always perfect. she always had her hair nicely done. you know, she was always focused. >> in high school, sandra was an athlete, a cheerleader, very popular. >> she was the complete package. >> and her home life? >> old-fashioned. >> traditional. >> traditional family, you know. catholic. play-by-the-rules type of people. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> discipline, a very important thing to larry, he the 20-year air force veteran. >> i was trying to toughen her up, if you want to put it in that expression, to know what the real world was like. >> that was why larry insisted sandra leave kauai to go to college. she ended up in honolulu

i was actually just in kauai over the weekend. i flew back last night. the only issue we have with some severe turbulence. yeah, about the flight. but that was noah passengers fall. it's obviously i do know there was medical conference there in kauai weekend or this week. so not sure if maybe some of these passengers were headed there for that. i met up with some folks you know, chalk hospital, you know, not chalk, but children's hospital of the some kaiser doctors who are there in quite as well this weekend. so, you know, we're hoping to get a little bit more information on who these people were and what exactly the issue may have that have to take care each other. so exactly what were they trying to throw hawaiian so view, even if kawhi police decide not to file charges, this could end up in federal hands because a flight and that's by the exactly because the issue didn't teichappened on the island and in the plane, which she would assume is a federal issue, isn't with a b may be put on a no-fly i do wonder with southwest did not point to that in their

i checked with police department's website in kauai as well as their facebook page. no mention if this individual been arrested and what charges handled by federal authorities so they may not be involved, but certainly there could be some consequences for this against both could be culpable right? >> the one guy slap them to to started you i went postal service. don't know what would cause someone to get that angry on a flight to paradise. you know, mean, you're suppose, you know, i just don't understand what words may have been set or you mean, you guess you never know. but you're going to hawaii. i mean, you would think you'd be in a pretty good mood exact and we don't the identities of either of these 2 passengers, whether they're both from oakland or not. >> from oakland at all, but all of this eventually will get played out. we'll find out >> interesting. thank you. can. a florida man accused of stealing this small plane and crashing it on to a half. moon bay beach is reportedly revealing. >> why he did it according to the da's office, 50 year-old luis, gustavo

airport security would not comment, but kauai police tell nbc news its officers did respond to assistthe latest example of bad behavior onboard planes. >> let me be clear, the faa has zero tolerance for unruly behavior. >> reporter: the faa says incidents involving unruly passengers peaked during the height of the pandemic, particularly around the issue of mask mandates. nearly 6,000 cases then. but while those cases have been trending down significantly over the past few years, flight crews are still encountering disruptive, at times combative individuals at higher rates than before covid. >> how do you negotiate with and talk down somebody who may behaving badly? >> the most important thing is we want to diffuse and de-escalate the situation. we don't want to make it worse. >> reporter: violent behavior or interfering with flight crews can carry hefty penalties, fines of up to $37,000 and potentially federal prosecution. the faa has been pushing a series of memes as part of a social media campaign. it also includes psas warning passengers about the consequences. sarah nelson is pres

the plane landed safely in kauai. but the trip to paradise became a lot more stressful than it had to be. our grant lodes joins us here in the studio with more of that video grant. yeah, it likely took some people longer to relax and enjoy those famous island vibes. then it should have because. >> these 2 guys for reasons unknown apparently a verbal dispute escalated. you see one man kind of slapped or hit the other. that's him. and then the guy and a half here starts punching the other guy. a guy in the hat lands a few solid shots, but people including a flight attendant, stepped between them, break it up. authorities on the ground in hawaii were alerted, met people at the gate, detain them, but no arrests were made according to police inquiry. we spoke with an aviation expert tonight at san jose state university. he says these videos that go viral get lots of attention, but the data suggests they're rare and civility on planes is slowly returning. >> these instances that we see >> are very compelling. but they're no

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one of them in there when the plane landed in kauai.oth men, of course, were detained in today's gma first look passengers aboard a norwegian cruise ship are livid after the cruise line changed the itinerary without warning, here's abc news reporter trevor ault in this morning's gma first look. >> what was supposed to be the cruise of a lifetime reroute did. so we're angry. >> we want to be heard. we want answers. it happened aboard a norwegian cruise line originally slated to travel around south america and then on to paradise bay, antarctica. >> but after boarding, passenger helen miller noticed the trips. description. name was changed to simply round trip of south america, and the itinerary had been altered. >> we are not going anywhere near mainland antarctica, which is what we paid for norwegian cruise line tells abc. >> the ship did go to antarctica, but instead of heading to paradise bay near the mainland, it instead went to admiralty bay off an island 200 miles further north. passenger eric huang says this isn't what he signed u

the plane landed safely in kauai. but the journey to paradise was pretty tense. 2 men for reasons still unknown. >> allowed in apparent verbal argument to escalate. you'll see a one man slapped another. then the guy about slap starts punching the other. there you go. the guy and hat lands a few solid shots. but people including a flight attendant, stepped between them to try and break it all up. authorities on the ground in hawaii were alerted. they met the people at the gate. they detained them, but no arrests were made. we spoke with an aviation expert at san jose state university. he says these viral videos get lots of attention, but the data actually suggests incidents like this are rare and civility on planes is slowly returning. post-pandemic. >> these instances that we see >> are very compelling. but they're not nearly as common as you might lead to believe. keeping in mind how many flights operate on a daily and a weekly basis. and the numbers are trending down in the correct direction. why on airplanes? i thi

how did these southwest passengers from oakland to kauai get to their destination?team with the latest on the investigation into the deaths of a family of four whose bodies were found inside their san mateo home. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, tracking a series of storms, the first arriving tomorrow. i'll have your valentine's day forecast. plus a look at the holiday weekend coming up. abc seven news at 6:00 starts right now. >> will always live. abc seven news starts right now. it's trendy and it's deadly. >> train surfing. it's the reason two local teenagers have died in the past two months. good evening. >> i'm karina nova, and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. despite the obvious danger, perhaps because of it, train surfing, riding on the outside of a moving train is a trend that is popular on social media. a teenager was killed sunday in between the balboa park and daly city bart stations. he's the mostrillionecent train surfer to die. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to the mother of another victim and has the latest on what city officials a

. >> the chopper was carrying four passengers when it went down on a remote beach on the island of kauaie of them suffered a back injury, and the three other passengers and a pilot were recovered by a second helicopter. that crash is now

monday, two men started throwing punches on a southwest flight heading from oakland to the island of kauaier passengers and members of the crew got in between them both were detained when the plane landed. yes, you will get arrested if you do this. southwest thanked the crew and bystanders who stopped the chaos. no word on what started this fight. staying in hawaii, the identity of the 101st victim of the maui wildfires have been confirmed. >> the 76 year old man's remains were found in an industrial area . friends say he was a california native who owned a retail shop. maui police say two people are still missing from august wildfires. victims range in age from 7 to 97. well dole is recalling thousands of salad kits amid listeria concerns. >> the products were sold in at least 25 states. here is a picture of what they look like. see if you have these in your fridge. dole announced the move because the kits were processed on the same line as cheese that was produced by a california based company, which also is listed under listeria recall. no illnesses have been connected to any other prod

situations escalate quickly cell phone video from a southwest flight monday the from california to kauai passengers exchanging words before appearing to exchange blows. the video shows others onboard breaking up the mid-air fight. southwest airlines credits its crew and customers with helping to diffuse the situation, writing, our number one priority is safety. this slow-motion video shared by a passenger shows officers with the involved parties after the plane landed airport security would not comment, but kauai police tell nbc news its officers did respond to assist, but no arrests were made. it is, however, the latest example of bad behavior onboard planes >> let me be clear the faa has zero tolerance for unruly behavior. particularly around the issue of mask mandates. nearly 6,000 cases then. but while those cases have been trending down significantly over the past few years, flight crews are still encountering disruptive, at times, combative individuals at higher rates than before co >> reporter: the faa says >> how do you negotiate with and talk down somebody who may be behaving ba

the plane landed safely on kauai on monday. but wow, was it to something you don't often see? i mean, full-on punching 2 men. so don't know why they got into this fight. first, it was verbal and punches started flying. and one guy actually slapped the other guy and then the i got slapped. he started punching. and you can see a bunch of people around the flight attendant and and they're trying to break it up. authorities were on the ground and white agreed that plane and those people and they detained them. but no arrests were made we talk with an aviation expert at san jose state about this. and he says that these viral videos get a lottof attention, but data actually suggests that fights like this are rare. >> these instances that we see >> are very compelling but they're not nearly as common as you might lead to believe. keeping in mind how many flights operate on a daily and a weekly basis. and the numbers are trending down in the correct direction. why on airplanes? i think your chances of seeing a fight in the street on any given day are much higher than seen one in an ai

when it landed in kauai, police were waiting. it's not clear why they started fighting or whether they face any charges. in a statement, southwest says, in part, quote, we commend our crew and customers for their professionalism in diffusing this situation. >>> happening today, the berkeley city council will consider reviving an old safety program to protect women. the commission on the status of women wants to bring back safety escorts to prevent criminals from targeting elderly women in particular. back in 2003, two safety escorts would help commuters get from the north berkeley and ashbury bhatt stations to their defendant nags. the commission wants to expand and add other crime prevention strategies. this comes as the safety commission says a growing number of older women have been robbed and assaulted in the city. it's not clear how much the programs would cost or how long they would last. >>> now to decision 2024 and the race to fill dianne feinstein's u.s. senate seat. the four leading candidates had another chance to sway

the southwest flight took off yesterday from oakland and when it landed in kauai, police were waiting. it's not clear why they started fighting or whether they face charges. southwest says in part, quote, we commend our crew and customers for their professionalism in diffusing the situation. >>> new video to show you some flooding near san francisco's civic center b.a.r.t. station. the fire department says a public work employee in a pickup truck hit a fire hydrant, causing the flooding. the closure of the 7th street exit as well at market, and muni ran shuttle buses. it lasted a couple of hours. firefighters were able to close the hydrant and b.a.r.t. reopened the station just before 7:00 last night. >> so dramatic. >>> taking a live look right now in san jose, and it was a mild start to this morning, kari. things are going to be changing. >> yeah, we do have some rain coming back our way. so we want to make sure that we're taking a little bit more time outside, taking in that sunshine, enjoying the quiet weather while it lasts. yesterday it was super foggy in the north bay, we've se

plane landed safely in kauai on monday. the journey to paradise. it was tense. 2 men for reasons still unknown, allowing a pair of verbal argument escalate. you're going to see one man kind of slapped the other. then the guy who got slap starts punching the other one. the guy in the hat lands a few solid shots. people including a flight attendant, stepped between them to break it up. authorities on the ground in the line were alerted. they met the people at gate, detain them, but no arrests were made. we spoke with an aviation expert at san jose state university. he says these viral videos. they get a lot of attention. the data suggests incidents like this are rare and civility on planes is slowly returning post pandemic. >> these instances that we see >> are very compelling. but they're not nearly as common as you might lead to believe. keeping in mind how flights operate on a daily and a weekly basis. and the numbers are trending down in the correct direction. why on airplanes? i think your chances of seeing a fight in the street on any given day