Posted on 06/09/2024 10:32:13 AM PDT by DFG
A dramatic incident unfolded on Saturday in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour waterfront as a seaplane collided with a pleasure boat, causing injuries to several passengers on both vessels.
According to Vancouver Police spokeswoman Const. Tania Visintin, the collision occurred around 1 p.m. near Canada Place, leading to a swift response from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria. The Kitsilano Coast Guard station dispatched two vessels to the scene following reports of the plane-boat crash, as confirmed by Maritime Forces Pacific.
Efforts were made to safely bring all occupants of the seaplane and boat to shore, although details regarding their conditions were not immediately disclosed. An unspecified number of individuals were reportedly transported to a nearby hospital for further evaluation and treatment.
Social media platforms were flooded with images and videos depicting a small plane partially submerged in the water, surrounded by a SeaBus and various other vessels in the vicinity.
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Keen-eyed aviation experts will see the problem right away: the pontoons are pointed in the wrong direction.
That harbor was wide open with very few sea going vessels from what I could tell......what are the odds? SMH
My vote for funniest man in the history of the world.....EVER
Having once lived there, my comment -
Looks like a regular scheduled flight (Harbour Air?) that flies to and from Vancouver Isl or up the coast. Their take off patterns are well established
Not an amateur pilot in other words.
When airplane pilots are training for their licenses aren’t they trained to avoid boats?
Are there established buoys for marking a seaplane landing zone?
Fact Check: Partially True
Pilots are trained to avoid ocean liners, war ships, and submarines (both military and civilian).
However, according to the FAA, this training DOES NOT extend to smaller pleasure craft.
“When airplane pilots are training for their licenses aren’t they trained to avoid boats”
Pilots are mainly trained to avoid other aircraft but the seaplane rating naturally includes instruction on safe water operations.
I used to hang around those Victoria Harbour flights and a few times in Vancouver, too.
Got my own license a few years later.
Wow, nobody died. Lucky people.
Any landing that you can walk or swim away from is a good one.
Having been a boat owner and interacted with sea planes
many, many times.
I always gave them right of way
and kept a close eye on them.
They are only a pain in the ass for a minute or two.
“Any landing that you can walk or swim away from is a good one.”
That looked like a takeoff.
Hopefully no airplane or boat propellers were involved in the injuries.
I once took a Harbour Air seaplane flight from Vancouver (Richmond, actually) to Victoria. Beautiful.
I went on leave and had to meet my boat at Nonoose Bay, Canada. Navy provided me a float plane flight from Seattle.
Awe-inspiring view of many islands.
When in the water a seaplane is a boat, must follow boat rules and regulations.
Correct.
And when two vessels have crossing paths, the vessel to the other's right has the right-of-way.
Code of Federal Regulations § 91.115 Right-of-way rules: Water operations.
In this case the boat that couldn't fly was to the right of the boat that could, therefore the FAA is about to jerk a knot in that pilot's arse.
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