Plane crash

2022 - 9 - 5

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Puget Sound plane crash kills at least 1, with 9 missing (The Washington Post)

One person is dead and nine others are missing after a float plane crashed Sunday in a bay northwest of Seattle, the Coast Guard said.

One person was found dead, the Coast Guard said. It had departed from Friday Harbor, on an archipelago about 70 miles northwest of Seattle, and crashed in Mutiny Bay, west of Whidbey Island, about halfway between its take off and intended arrival points. The plane was heading to Renton Municipal Airport, the Coast Guard said in a

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German businessman onboard private jet that crashed into Baltic (The Guardian)

Karl-Peter Griesemann's company confirms he and three others were onboard Cessna 551 that crashed near Latvia.

“I can confirm that it was the private jet of our owner, Karl-Peter Griesemann,” said a spokesperson for Quick Air, an air charter company based in Cologne. It alerted controllers in France, and two warplanes were sent up to monitor the jet. Griesemann is a prominent figure in Cologne, the largest city in western

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Private jet mystery sees plane crash into Baltic Sea (NBC News)

The Austrian-registered Cessna 551 was meant to be carrying four passengers, according to a flight plan, Latvia's civil aviation authority said in a ...

“It has disappeared from the radar.” ET), according to the The jet took off from Jerez in southern Spain at around 12:56 p.m.

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Coast Guard suspends search for nine people missing after plane ... (The Independent)

At least one person has been confirmed dead after their body was recovered by a good Samaritan in the waters of the state's Puget Sound on Sunday. “ ...

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One dead and nine missing after plane crashes near Seattle (Metro)

One person was killed and nine are still missing after a floatplane crashed into the Puget Sound. The US Coast Guard responded when a plane carrying ten ...

The California crash was much less deadly. The plane was flying out of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, the Coast Guard said. NATO jets were deployed to follow the jet’s erratic flight path, but when they caught up with it they could not see any pilot in the cockpit. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced they were investigating the circumstances of the crash on Sunday night. Tourists frequently take flights on floatplanes between Seattle and the San Juan Islands. They are still searching for the nine missing victims.

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Search is called off for nine people presumed dead after float plane ... (Daily Mail)

The Coast Guard on Monday abandoned the search for nine people, including one child, who remain missing after a seaplane crashed in Washington's Mutiny Bay ...

'Being in the aviation industry I do know of he pilot and the airline operator. 'A bit eerie as they chatted with a few people waiting for the plane today on their way to the dock,' he said in a Facebook post. The Northwest Seaplane aircraft touches down during an earlier flight.

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Mystery as private plane crashes in Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia (Euronews)

Fighter jets sent to intercept the plane said they could see no one in the cockpit, reported the German newspaper Bild.

Latvia said it had sent ships to the scene. "Our ships are on the way to the position where the plane crash happened," said Liva Veita, spokesperson of the Latvian Navy. Bild reported that the plane was carrying the pilot, a man, a woman, and a person it described as a daughter, without sourcing the information.

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U.S. Coast Guard ends search for Washington plane crash missing (Axios)

A Seattle-area bound floatplane carrying nine adults and one child crashed in Mutiny Bay, west of Whidbey Island, in Washington state Sunday, the U.S. Coast ...

Crews had [recovered](https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/32b40de) one body at the scene of the Puget Sound crash on Sunday. The federal government may proceed with further charges, police said. The subject is in custody," an official with the Benton County Sheriff's Office told Axios. [San Francisco](https://www.axios.com/signup/san-francisco) Bay Area and [elsewhere](https://twitter.com/NWSEureka/status/1566952451403485184) in California on Monday. - "All next of kin have been notified of this decision. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/USCGPacificNW/status/1566589710579154945).

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Puget Sound plane crash leaves 9 missing, 1 dead (oregonlive.com)

The Northwest Seaplanes flight left Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, and was headed to Renton Municipal Airport.

It’s located next to a Boeing plant and is best known for where new 737s first hit the sky. Floatplanes, which have pontoons allowing them to land on water, are a common sight around Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The Coast Guard said crews searched throughout the night, “but no additional individuals were recovered and no debris spotted. The U.S. The Northwest Seaplanes website says its sister company Friday Harbor Seaplanes operates daily flights to and from their Renton base and the San Juan Islands, a scenic archipelago northwest of Seattle that draws tourists from around the world. Coast Guard was continuing to search Monday for nine people, including a child, who were missing after a floatplane crashed in the waters of Puget Sound after taking off from one of the San Juan Islands northwest of Seattle.

No sign of survivors after 'ghost plane' crashes in Baltic (ABC News)

Authorities in Latvia say a search and rescue operation has so far found no sign of survivors from a small plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea.

However, rescuers hadn't so far found any survivors or located the bodies of the victims. Peteris Subbota, chief of the Latvian military’s Marine Search and Rescue Coordination Centre, told Latvian Radio on Monday that one piece of the plane had been found on the sea. BERLIN -- Authorities in Latvia said Monday that a search and rescue operation has so far found no sign of survivors from a small plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea.

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US Coast Guard suspends search for 9 people missing after a float ... (CNN)

The US Coast Guard said Monday it has suspended the search for nine people who went missing after a float plane crashed in Washington's Mutiny Bay.

The Coast Guard dispatched rescue helicopters, boats and aircraft to conduct its search. "It is always difficult when it comes time to make a decision to stop searching," Capt. [reports](https://twitter.com/USCGPacificNW/status/1566589710579154945?s=20&t=ys8ERy497D6fM_zjXKujAQ)

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Cessna 551: what happened to private plane and why did it crash ... (NationalWorld)

A Cessna 551 aircraft has crashed off the coast of Latvia under mysterious circumstances. The incident, which occured on Sunday (September 4) saw the ...

In a statement, the Latvian Civil Aviation Authority said: “The aircraft was flying from Spain to Cologne, but during the flight the aircraft changed its flight route.” Liva Veita, spokesperson of the Latvian Navy said: “Our ships are on the way to the position where the plane crash happened.” In their latest update about the plane they said that: “Swedish authorities are currently enroute to the area of last received position.” A spokesperson for Sweden’s rescue service said: “We’ve learned that the plane has crashed (in the ocean) north-west of the town of Ventspils in Latvia.” The aircraft crashed off the coast of Latvia, with the whereabouts of those onboard still unknown Cessna 551: what happened to private plane and why did it crash into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia?

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