Several news sources in Alaska are reporting that two seaplanes (a/k/a floatplanes) involved in an excursion from the Royal Princess cruise ship crashed this afternoon in an apparent mid-air collision near Ketchikan.
Initial reports indicate that three cruise passengers died in the crash. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for three
other people following the
Virgin Islands News Online
Cruise passengers from the Westerdam and the Noordam Holland America Line (HAL) cruise ships were on three Promech excursion flighseeing planes on the fateful day of June 25th when 8 HAL passengers died.
Newspapers are reporting that 8 Holland America Line (HAL) cruise passengers were killed today when the sightseeing airplane they booked through HAL crashed near Ketchikan, Alaska.
Mr. Allen – known in the community as "Crash Dummy" – was the driver of the green excursion bus which crashed on "Windy Hill Road" on February 24, 2010 while transporting cruise passengers from a Princess Cruises’ cruise