Posted on 05/13/2019 6:11:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Six people were unaccounted for Monday and 10 others were injured after two floatplanes carrying cruise passengers taking part in shore excursions collided in mid-air over Southeast Alaska, officials said.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Allen Kenitzer told The Associated Press that the planes collided near the town of Ketchikan under unknown circumstances.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios told the AP one of the planes carried 11 people and the other plane carried five. He added that the 10 injured were from the first plane and the 11th person was among the missing. All five people on the second plane also were unaccounted for.
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Is it just me, or has there been a lot of plane crashes lately?
Towstrap, jumper cables, insulated coveralls gloves and cap, heated packs, highway flares, pistol, duct tape.
Blankets, extra coats, flares, flashlights, water, matches food ( granola bars and the like) and a weather radio, kept in the car year round in a rubbermaid bin. we lived 30 miles south of Fairbanks and if you get stranded when it’s -40 to -50 below zero it doesn’t take long to die.. and the ice fog makes it hard to see anyone who might be stranded.
Thanks for the info. Sounds like the jetstream has dropped way South,, we stand to get all the rain the next couple weeks here on the West Coast so enjoy your sunshine and fair weather.
“Both planes are great planes.”
I did some wrenching on both of them as well as their big brother, the DHC-4 Caribou, while I was in the Army. Tough birds, all of them.
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