A small plane crashed on Sunday along the coast of the US state of Washington, killing one person while searching for nine more, according to the coast guard. According to the Coast Guard, it received word of the incident at 3:11 pm (2211 GMT) and immediately sent out boats and aircraft to search the area. Officials from the local search and rescue agency were also there. "Crews at the location found one deceased person. The coast guard said in a statement that nine people were still missing and that a safety zone had been established to aid with search operations. The coast guard added that the cause of the collision had not yet been determined.
On its way to Renton Municipal Airport, which is close to Seattle, the plane crashed while flying over the Puget Sound inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The 55-year-old de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, a single-engine propeller plane, sent its last signal at 100 feet (30.5 meters) of altitude at 3:08 p.m. local time, according to flight tracking website Flight Radar 24. Eight adults and one child were on board, according to a tweet from the Coast Guard's Pacific Northwest region. They were looking for 10 passengers, according to a later tweet.
AFP
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