Seaplane Carrying 10 Crashes Near Seattle, At Least 1 Dead

A Coast Guard helicopter searches the world the place a floatplane crashed close to Whidbey Island, Wash., on Sept. 4, 2022.

Courtney Riffkin/The Seattle Occasions through AP

A seaplane carrying 10 individuals crashed in Washington State on Sunday, leaving a minimum of one individual lifeless, the U.S. Coast Guard mentioned in a press release.

Officers mentioned the plane crashed simply after 3 p.m. native time in Mutiny Bay, west of Whidbey Island, Wash. 9 adults and one baby had been touring aboard the aircraft from the city of Friday Harbor en path to Renton, a suburb of Seattle.

(1/2) #BreakingNews - A number of Coast Guard property and a number of businesses are on scene together with Island County Sheriff, Snohomish County Sheriff, and S. Whidbey Fireplace/EMS. The flight was en route from Friday Harbor to Seattle Tacoma Worldwide Airport when it crashed...

— USCGPacificNorthwest (@USCGPacificNW) September 5, 2022

Rescue crews recovered one physique on the scene. 9 others stay unaccounted for.

The Coast Guard mentioned it’s unknown what induced the incident. They mentioned the aircraft was a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter, a single-engine propeller plane.

Rescue crews, together with boats and a helicopter, had been looking out the world. The Seattle Occasions added that there have been just a few crews nonetheless looking out late Sunday night, however further groups could be deployed early Monday.