The U.S. Coast Guard is actively searching for nine people unaccounted for after a float plane crashed west of Whidbey Island Sunday afternoon.
Plane crash west of Whidbey Island kills 1, leaves 9 missing
The plane, a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter registered to Northwest Seaplanes, was in its direct flight path to Renton Municipal Airport after departing from Friday Harbor when it “took a steep dive into the water” near Mutiny Bay, according to Scott Giard, spokesperson for the Coast Guard.
Giard tells KIRO Newsradio that the plane hit the water at nearly 100 mph.
“The reason we’re out searching is that we’re searching for survivors at this
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