On October 5, 2024, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 3:27 p.m. and responded to a lost hiker on the Aiea Loop Trail in Aiea with 7 HFD units staffed with 19 personnel. The hiker’s GPS location put her near the ridge above the Aiea Loop Trail. The first unit arrived at 3:48 p.m. and secured a landing zone to prepare for air operations.

It was reported that a female in her 30s had been hiking for approximately four hours before she became lost and was unable to descend to trail on her own. Due to heavy cloud cover near the ridge, Air 1 inserted rescue personne approximately one mile from the hiker’s location. Rescuers made contact with the hiker at 5:17 p.m. and conducted a medical assessment to confirm there were no injuries. The hiker was escorted down to the insertion point and Air 1 airlifted the hiker to the landing zone at 6:39 p.m.

All HFD personnel were accounted for with no injuries.