At least 3 bodies have yet to be recovered from the plane crash that killed members of MeganHilty's family
“On Sunday afternoon, a small float plane crashed into Puget Sound off the coast of Whidbey Island. My beloved sister Lauren, brother-in-law Ross and baby nephew Remy were on that plane,” the 41-year-oldstar wrote. “To make this news even more devastating, my sister was eight months pregnant and we were expecting to welcome baby boy Luca into the world next month.”
“The last three days have been the worst of our lives. There are truly no words to appropriately convey the depth of our grief. The last thing I wanted to do was acknowledge this painful family tragedy publicly, but it’s come to my attention that several news outlets have misgendered my sweet nephew and some haven’t even mentioned baby Luca,” she continued. “Lauren and Ross left behind my niece who we are all holding in our hearts.
On Thursday, the NTSB took to Twitter, sharing images of aircraft’s engine after it was recovered, as well as the equipment officials are using to assist with recovery operations.continue recovery operations for the Sept. 4 crash of a DHC-3 Turbine Otter off Whidbey Island, WA. NTSB investigators look at the recovered engine of the aircraft and the Deep Drone 8000 ROV is pictured on the barge during recovery operations.