1 dead, 9 missing after floatplane crashes in Puget Sound

Published September 4, 2022 10:57 PM

By MARTHA BELLISLE
Associated Press

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to search for nine people who were missing after a floatplane crashed in the waters northwest of Seattle. The body of a 10th person was recovered by a good Samaritan on Sunday. The crash was reported at 3:11 p.m. Coast Guard spokesperson William Colclough says the Northwest Seaplanes flight left Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, and was headed to Renton Municipal Airport, the company’s base. The plane went down in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island, northwest of Seattle and about halfway between Friday Harbor and Renton. The NTSB is sending a seven-person team to investigate.

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