Search continues for two missing following midair collision of small planes in Alaska GlobeBC
U.S. Coast Guard crew searches for survivors from a downed aircraft in the vicinity of George Inlet near Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 13, 2019.The U.S. Coast Guard and local search and rescue groups on Tuesday continued to look for two people missing after a midair collision between two small planes carrying cruise ship passengers near Ketchikan, Alaska.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, which involved a Beaver float plane carrying five people, including a pilot, and a larger Otter float plane carrying 11 people, including a pilot. In its statement, Princess Cruises said it was deeply saddened by the incident and was extending its support to investigating authorities and to families and traveling companions of people involved.Taquan Air did not make a representative available to comment but in a statement on its website said it was devastated by the accident. Taquan Air has suspended all scheduled flights and is co-operating with authorities to “examine every aspect of this event,” the company said.
The 2007 NTSB report into that accident determined the probable cause of the accident was the “pilot’s decision to continue under visual flight rules" rather than follow the plane’s flight instruments.That 2007 report made several recommendations, including installing weather cameras at critical areas of popular tour sites.
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