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Deadly seaplane collision in Ketchikan Alaska

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Two seaplanes carrying sightseers have collided in south-eastern Alaska, with at least four people dead and two missing, the US Coast Guard says.

One plane was carrying 11 people when it hit the other, which had five people aboard, near Ketchikan, the Associated Press reports.

Ten of those aboard the first plane survived and were taken to hospital.

Three of those killed were aboard the other aircraft, while it is unclear which plane carried the fourth victim.

 

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