NTSB is Beginning Investigation of the Sightseeing Plane Crash in Alaska

The National Transportation Safety Board Office of Public Affairs released a press release that “NTSB Investigates Sightseeing Plane Crash in Alaska” on 6/25/2015.

The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a go-team from its Alaska Regional office to investigate a sightseeing plane that crashed near Ketchikan, Alaska.A float-equipped DeHavilland DHC-3T (Turbine Otter) airplane crashed in an area of steep, mountainous terrain about 25 miles northeast of Ketchikan. According to local authorities, multiple fatalities have been reported.NTSB investigator Brice Banning is leading the team as investigator-in-charge. Public Affairs Officer Keith Holloway will coordinate media-related activities from Washington, DC.

The sightseeing plane was carrying a pilot and eight cruise ship passengers when it crashed into a cliff in southeast Alaska. Everyone aboard died in the crash, according to Promech Air, the plane’s operator.

The same weather conditions that may have caused the accident are hampering the body recovery process, which has been delayed. The DeHavilland DHC-3T Otter floatplane crashed in steep, mountainous terrain which will be difficult to access. The Holland America cruise line passengers had been on a tour of the 2-million-acre Misty Fjords National Monument, accessible only by floatplanes or boats. The cruise left Seattle Saturday for a 7 day round trip cruise on the MS Westerdam. Names of the victims have not been released.

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A Southwest Airlines plane at Dallas Love Field airport was struck by a bullet on Friday night causing the plane to return to the gate.

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A Southwest Airlines plane was hit by gunfire while taking off from an airport in the US city of Dallas on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

No injuries were reported, and the aircraft safely returned to the terminal.

There were no reported injuries on the plane, which was struck on the “right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck while the Crew was preparing for departure,” the airline said.

A bullet struck a Southwest Airlines plane at Dallas Love Field Airport that was bound for Indianapolis on Friday night, an airlines spokesperson confirmed.

Gunshots were reported near Love Field Airport with a bullet striking a plane late Friday night, according to a Love Field spokesperson.

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