Update: Hawaiian Airlines Stowaway Under State Care

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The Hawaii Department of Human Services has an update this morning on the story that is making headlines everywhere:

A 16-year-old boy who stowed away Sunday in the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines jet that traveled from San Jose, Calif., to Maui has been released to the State of Hawaii Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Services Branch.

Officials have notified the boy’s family that he is safe.

The CWS Branch will enlist the help of all necessary agencies to ensure the child’s safe return to his home in California.

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Photo: Kahului Airport. (Forest and Kim Starr)

—Chad Blair

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