The crash happened one week after two float planes crashed midair near Ketchikan, Alaska.
The circumstances that led to the crash — the second in seven days — were not yet known, and names of the victims have not yet been released.
This crash happened in Metlatkatla Harbor at around 4 p.m. local time, and 15 members of the volunteer fire department responded.— a popular desitation for tourists and cruise ships — killing six people. One of the two planes, an Otter, was operated by Taquan Air. The other, a Beaver, was operated by Mountain Air. Everyone on board the Beaver plane was killed, and one passenger from the Otter was killed,Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are looking into the cause of the midair crash.
."While owned by same operator involved in May 13, 2019, mid-air collision, plane was not on sightseeing flight, was a commuter flight."
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