Annie Morehead Posted June 26, 2015 #1 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I just heard that a sea plane crashed on a Holland American Alaska cruise excursion. Is there news about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjw869 Posted June 26, 2015 #2 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I just heard that a sea plane crashed on a Holland American Alaska cruise excursion. Is there news about this? Alaska Dispatch website has this: http://www.adn.com/article/20150625/plane-reported-missing-southeast-alaska-discovered-cliffside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted June 26, 2015 #3 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Hopefully there will be some good news about survivors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ANGELCAT Posted June 26, 2015 #4 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I have an app on my I Pad from KTUU Anchorage TV. They are confirming it is a Shorex from the Westerdam. Prayers for all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axx123e Posted June 26, 2015 #5 Share Posted June 26, 2015 just reported on our local news here in Seattle. passengers off the westerdam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsby Posted June 26, 2015 #6 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Noordam and Westerdam are both still in Ketchikan...and Westerdam was due to leave at 1:00.... Hoping for the best..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainChuck Posted June 26, 2015 #7 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I heard from my niece who is on board the Westerdam docked in Ketchikan. 8 passengers from the ship were on a float plane that crashed. No word yet on survivors. Prayers for all concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qsuzi Posted June 26, 2015 #8 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Source: KomoNews.Com 5:47PM PST (My apologies, just now saw another post on this.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A small float plane carrying eight Holland America cruise ship passengers and a pilot crashed about 20 miles outside of Ketchikan, Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard says the plane has been discovered on a cliff-side near Ella Lake after it was reported missing Thursday afternoon. The Alaska Dispatch News reports a medical team has been sent out but the condition of the plane and its occupants isn't immediately known. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker the agency was launching a helicopter from Sitka and a rescue vessel from Ketchikan. The passengers were from the ms Westerdam and were on a sightseeing tour run by Promech Air while the ship was docked in Ketchikan, according to a statement from Holland America Cruise Lines. "We are incredibly distressed by this situation, and our thoughts and prayers are with those on board the plane and their families," the company wrote in the statement. "Holland America Line is extending its full support to traveling companions of the guests involved." The Westerdam is based in Seattle during the summer and does week-long round-trip cruises to Alaska, according to the company's web site. The current cruise had left Seattle on June 20. The ship had been scheduled to leave Ketchikan at 1 p.m. but marine tracking web sites show the ship remains in port. Edited June 26, 2015 by qsuzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted June 26, 2015 #9 Share Posted June 26, 2015 This is awful. Beyond awful. Prayers for the families, hoping for survivors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbear Posted June 26, 2015 #10 Share Posted June 26, 2015 This is awful-I sure hope people survived this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeniEncinitas Posted June 26, 2015 #11 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Source: KomoNews.Com 5:47PM PST (My apologies, just now saw another post on this.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A small float plane carrying eight Holland America cruise ship passengers and a pilot crashed about 20 miles outside of Ketchikan, Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard says the plane has been discovered on a cliff-side near Ella Lake after it was reported missing Thursday afternoon. The Alaska Dispatch News reports a medical team has been sent out but the condition of the plane and its occupants isn't immediately known. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker the agency was launching a helicopter from Sitka and a rescue vessel from Ketchikan. The passengers were from the ms Westerdam and were on a sightseeing tour run by Promech Air while the ship was docked in Ketchikan, according to a statement from Holland America Cruise Lines. "We are incredibly distressed by this situation, and our thoughts and prayers are with those on board the plane and their families," the company wrote in the statement. "Holland America Line is extending its full support to traveling companions of the guests involved." The Westerdam is based in Seattle during the summer and does week-long round-trip cruises to Alaska, according to the company's web site. The current cruise had left Seattle on June 20. The ship had been scheduled to leave Ketchikan at 1 p.m. but marine tracking web sites show the ship remains in port. No apologizes needed! I saw this same artical and saw yours. So sad. I also read that there was 8 passengers from the ship on board the float plane. As of this time no knowledge Of survivors. I pray for all! Denise:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearyCreek Posted June 26, 2015 #12 Share Posted June 26, 2015 http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/plane-with-9-people-on-board-reported-crashed-near-ketchikan/33779404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveOKC Posted June 26, 2015 #13 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Terrible news. Lets hope for the best for the passengers. I wonder if this was the Misty Fjords excursion? Scary thought - we were on the Westerdam and took a seaplane excursion in Sept, 2013 on a rare beautiful day in Ketchikan. Only had 6 passengers on our seaplane, so it might be a different one. Edited June 26, 2015 by DaveOKC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare brazilgirl Posted June 26, 2015 #14 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Exactly one year ago we were on the Westerdam. I pray they find survivors. Devastating. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted June 26, 2015 #15 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I agree with sppunk, this is beyond awful. Keeping all in my prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisyloo Posted June 26, 2015 #16 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted June 26, 2015 #17 Share Posted June 26, 2015 ClearlyCreek, thanks for that link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman2014 Posted June 26, 2015 #18 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Where on Westerdam now holding In Ketchikan, British Columbia has been Canceled . There's a somber mood through out the ship. Praying for all family's involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie68 Posted June 26, 2015 #19 Share Posted June 26, 2015 There must be a very somber atmosphere on board Hoping for a miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterFidgetpants Posted June 26, 2015 #20 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Just found out via CNN but no word on the pilot and passengers. Let's hope for the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbear Posted June 26, 2015 #21 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Where on Westerdam now holding In Ketchikan, British Columbia has beenCanceled . There's a somber mood through out the ship. Praying for all family's involved We are all praying for survivors and thinking of those on the ship and the crew how all must be feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted June 26, 2015 #22 Share Posted June 26, 2015 This is so sad, for the passengers on that plane, and everyone else back on the ship. I can't imagine how others on that same shore excursion, just a different plane must feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted June 26, 2015 #23 Share Posted June 26, 2015 This is just so sad, I too am praying for a miracle. Will be watching the links to the Seattle news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzdoc54 Posted June 26, 2015 #24 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I just got off the phone with my sister who is on the Noordam in Ketchikan. My brother-in-law was going to go on that same excursion to the Misty Fjord and was waiting for that plane to return. At the time, all he was told was that his excursion had been cancelled "because of the weather". Only later did he find out because the Captain of the Noordam came on the PA and announced the plane crash. The weather was very overcast with hard rain at times and a very low ceiling. Such a tragedy. I pray for good news. The Noordam has just pulled-out but the Westerdam could be there for a while.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman2014 Posted June 26, 2015 #25 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Getting ready to leave Ketchikan , affected family's have disembarked , we will stop In British Columbia only for service and then to Seattle as scheduled. Coast guard still doing search and rescue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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