Tragically, on Friday, June 22, 2019, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air plane carrying 11 people crashed shortly after take off on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii killing all aboard. The airplane was carrying passengers who were on a sky diving adventure, as well as several employees of the sky diving company. Of the […]
Today’s “vacation adventures” often turn into “vacation disasters” when airborne adventurers offer to get you “up front and personal” to spectacular scenery. Whether its zooming over a frozen fjord in a float plane or hovering in a helicopter over tropical paradise, some of today’s vacation providers sell you “exciting airborne adventures” to get you up […]
Sadly, another float plane has crashed in Alaska killing two people, one passenger and the pilot. This float plane was operated by the same tour company, Taquan, that was involved in the mid-air collision last week involving 2 floatplanes. The crash happened about 4 pm in Metlakatla Harbor in the Southeastern part of the state. […]
New information from the mid-air collision of 2 float planes in Alaska indicates the planes crashed at approximately 3,300 ft (1,006 meters). The Otter, the larger plane carrying 10 passengers plus the pilot, was descending from about 3,800 when it collided with the smaller plane carrying 4 passengers and the pilot. One passenger on the […]
On May 13, 2019, six people were killed and ten people were rescued when two sightseeing float planes collided over George Inlet near Ketchikan, Alaska. One plane was carrying four people and a pilot. The passengers of these floatplanes were from the Royal Princess Cruise ship, and they had scheduled an independent sightseeing tour. The […]
