Woman dies after apparent fall into Kilauea caldera

The body of a 63-year-old Keaau woman was recovered Sunday morning from Kilauea caldera in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Park rangers found the body below Steaming Bluff after receiving a report of a missing woman that day. She was missing since Friday.

Her body was located by personnel aboard a Hawaii County helicopter, about 250 feet below the caldera rim. That part of the caldera is not currently erupting.

According to Chief Ranger John Broward, the woman, who has not been identified, appeared to have died after falling from the edge beyond Crater Rim Trail. The woman would have passed several barriers to access the edge, according to the park.