An attorney for the families says the cruise line was required to inform passengers that floatplane tours could be hazardous.
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Anchorage floatplane crash sends 6 to hospital, including 2 seriously injured
The pilot and passengers were able to exit the crashed plane on their own, and nearby good Samaritans jumped into the water to help them out.
Helicopter pilot dies in crash while working on Interior Alaska wildfire
Alaska State Troopers identified the pilot as 56-year-old Douglas Ritchie of Wasilla.
Safety board makes recommendations to curb mid-air plane crashes in Alaska
In most places in Alaska, reporting on common traffic advisory frequencies is highly recommended, but it’s not a requirement. The NTSB wants to change that.
5 survive plane crash near Iliamna
A plane carrying five adults crashed about eight miles southwest of Iliamna around 1 p.m. on Saturday
NTSB: Yute commuter flight was ‘immediately engulfed in flames’ after passengers got out
According to the report, the pilot noticed that the plane’s emergency locator transmitter had turned on shortly after take-off, and he started to smell what he described as “an electrical burn smell.”