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The accident happened near Whidbey Island near Seattle. One person died and nine are missing.

A seaplane crashed in Mutini Bay in the US state of Washington. As a result of the accident, one person died and nine are missing, AP news agency reported on September 5.

It was learned that the plane was flying from Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, to Renton, a southern suburb of Seattle.

Information about the accident was received on 15.11 Sunday local time. According to the coast guard, at 21.00, the body of a dead person was found, nine people are considered missing.

Four search vessels, a rescue helicopter and an airplane, as well as law enforcement officers are involved in the search operation.

The US National Transportation Safety Board said the crash was a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter single-engine propeller-driven seaplane. The causes of the accident are being investigated.

Remember, on September 4, off the coast of Latvia, a private plane Cessna 551 fell into the sea, with four people on board.

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Source: korrespondent

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