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Press Release | June 5, 2025

Coast Guard, partners search for woman in water off Hawaii

Coast Guard District 14 External Affairs - Office: (808) 535-3230 / After Hours: (808) 265-7748

HONOLULU -- The Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for a woman in the water offshore Oahu, Hawaii Tuesday.  

Coast Guard Sector Honolulu watchstanders received a report at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Honolulu County Fire Department dispatchers regarding a missing 21-year-old female.  

Missing is Khilye Hamadani, who was last seen at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Monday night. Honolulu County Fire Department traced her cell phone to Spitting Cave and located her bag nearby at China Walls at approximately 9 a.m. Tuesday. 

Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and at 3 p.m. Tuesday, coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane crew. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) was also launched for the search.  

At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the response boat crew located two white platform sneakers drifting approximately 1.7 miles off Wai’alae Beach Park. The sneakers matched the description of what she was last seen wearing.  

Coast Guard teams have so far searched for a combined 40 hours and covered approximately 660 square miles. Current on-scene weather conditions consist of 30 mph winds, 2 to 3-foot seas and 10 miles of visibility. 

Involved in the search are:   

  • Coast Guard Sector Honolulu 

  • Coast Guard Station Honolulu 

  • Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point 

  • Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) 

  • Honolulu County Fire Department 

  • Honolulu Ocean Safety Department 

Anyone with information that may assist in search efforts should contact the Coast Guard on VHF-FM channel 16 or call the Sector Honolulu command center at 808-842-2600. 

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