1 dead, 9 missing after floatplane crashes in Washington

By Associated Press

Sep 05, 2022 12:26 pm

LANGLEY, Washington: One person was killed and nine people remained missing, including a child, after a floatplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Puget Sound in Washington state, the US Coast Guard said.

The agency said in a press release the plane was flying from Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, to Renton, a southern suburb of Seattle.

A Coast Guard helicopter searches the area where a floatplane crashed near Whidbey Island, Wash., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. PHOTO BY COURTNEY RIFFKIN/THE SEATLE TIMES VIA AP

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