Ten people survived and six were found dead
Two sightseeing planes that were carrying cruise ship passengers in Alaska collided on Monday at about 3,300 feet before they crashed, the National Transportation Safety Board has announced. In total, 10 people survived and six were found dead, according to the U. S. Coast Guard.
Five of the dead were passengers and the sixth was a pilot.
Federal investigators said the larger plane, a de Havilland Otter DHC-3 with 10 passengers and its pilot, had descended from 3,800 feet and collided with a smaller de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, which was carrying four passengers and the pilot. The planes came down about a mile and a half apart, with some of the debris falling on land near George Inlet, which is about 8 miles from the cruise ship port of Ketchikan.
