A seaplane carrying 10 people crashed in Washington State on Sunday, leaving at least one person dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.
Officials said the aircraft crashed just after 3 p.m. local time in Mutiny Bay, west of Whidbey Island, Wash. Nine adults and one child were traveling aboard the plane from the town of Friday Harbor en route to Renton, a suburb of Seattle.
Rescue crews recovered one body at the scene. Nine others remain unaccounted for.
The Coast Guard said it’s unknown what caused the incident. They said the plane was a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter, a single-engine propeller aircraft.
Rescue crews, including boats and a helicopter, were searching the area. The Seattle Times added that there were only a few crews still searching late Sunday evening, but additional teams would be deployed early Monday.
