On March 26, 2025, the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) received a 911 call at 12:20 p.m. for hikers above the Aiea Loop Trail in Aiea and responded with 5 units staffed with 13 personnel. The first unit arrived on scene at 12:47 p.m. and secured a landing zone for air operations.

It was reported that three hikers in their teens and 20s were near the summit, in a precarious location, and unable to descend the trail on their own. Air 1 inserted rescue personnel to the hikers’ location where they conducted a medical assessment to confirm the hikers were uninjured. The hikers were then airlifted to the nearby landing zone where medical care was declined at 1:20 p.m.