At least one dead: small plane crashes off US West Coast

On the way to Seattle-Tacoma Airport, a propeller plane crashes into the sea for reasons that are still unclear.

At least one dead: small plane crashes off US West Coast

On the way to Seattle-Tacoma Airport, a propeller plane crashes into the sea for reasons that are still unclear. The Coast Guard has been able to salvage a body so far. The nine other inmates, including a child, are being searched for.

A seaplane with ten people on board has crashed off the coast of Washington state. The body of one person was recovered, the other nine occupants are missing, said the US Coast Guard.

Emergency services searched for the missing with boats and also from the air. A child was among the passengers. According to the information, the machine was on its way to Seattle-Tacoma Airport from San Juan Island near the Canadian border in the afternoon.

About halfway, she fell into Mutiny Bay west of Whidbey Island for reasons unknown. According to the FlightRadar 24 website, the suspected crash plane, a single-engine propeller aircraft, was 55 years old.