“With thousands of helicopters flying over Hawaii Volcanoes National Park every year, Democratic Rep. Ed Case says the situation has clearly gotten out of control.
‘That’s no way to run a national park,’ Case, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, told a top National Park Service official during a House subcommittee hearing last spring.
The safety of helicopters and small planes is getting heightened scrutiny on Capitol Hill after former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others were killed in a crash in suburban Los Angeles in January.
As lawmakers grapple with the issue, NPS finds itself in the middle of the debate, with Case pushing to ban flights over all national parks and other public property.”
