A float plane carrying nine adults and one child crashed Sunday afternoon into Mutiny Bay, which is about 30 miles north of Seattle, according to the Coast Guard.
A float plane with eight adults and one child on board crashed on Sunday in Mutiny Bay, which is about 30 miles north of Seattle, according to the Coast Guard.One person was killed, and nine people are still missing after a seaplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Mutiny Bay offThe U.S. Coast Guard said that temporary flight restrictions had been established by the Federal Aviation Administration, with first-light searches set to resume on Monday by aircraft and crews.
Portland's FOX 12 said authorities reported recovering one of the missing victims at around 5:45 p.m. FOX 13 Seattle reported that initial calls to 911 indicated the plane had landed nose-first into the water and that people living miles away reported hearing a loud boom. "It sounded like dynamite went off," Rick Rasmussen, who was on the beach with his wife when the plane went down, told the station.FOX 13 was able to track the plane to a charter flight company called Northwest Seaplanes and reported that debris had been taken from the wreckage amidst fast-moving waters.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the plane was a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter and that it was investigating the crash. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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