The Latest: Coast Guard says 6 dead after Alaska sightseeing planes crash.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Latest on a midair collision of two sightseeing floatplanes in Alaska that killed at least four people :The Coast Guard says two more bodies have been recovered after two floatplanes collided in Alaska, bringing the death toll to six.
He says the plane had descended to an altitude of 3,200 to 3,300 feet when it collided with the smaller plane, a single-engine de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, as both headed to Ketchikan with cruise ship passengers. Knudson says the Beaver had been flying at a 3,300-foot altitude. Four others were initially treated at the hospital following Monday’s collision of two sightseeing floatplanes. Those survivors were later flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with injuries that include broken bones.
Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg says their injuries include “fractures to ribs, pelvis, arm and spine.” Global Affairs Canada said in an emailed statement Tuesday that the name and hometown of the victim is not being made public for privacy reasons.A team of federal airplane accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska Tuesday to probe the cause of the crash.A team of federal airplane accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska to investigate the cause of a midair collision between two sightseeing planes that killed at least four people.
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