Three people were killed after two sightseeing airplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided in midair Monday near a southeast Alaska town, the Coast Guard said.
Three others remaining missing after the collision near Ketchikan, Coast Guard Lt. Brian Dykens said.
Eleven people were inside Taquan Air's single-engine de Havilland Otter DHC-3 when it went down. Ten were taken to a Ketchikan hospital. The passengers were off the cruise ship Royal Princess were on sightseeing flights, one which was operated by Taquan Air. A spokeswoman for the flightseeing company said Taquan has suspended operations while federal authorities investigate the deadly crash.
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