Alaska-Plane Crash with Cruise Ship Passengers

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http://news.aol.com/story/_a/alaska-...25092409990001

 

Passengers are from Sun Princess on second day of cruise. Very sad. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families. Amy

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Five killed as Alaska sightseeing plane crashes

• Small plane crashes on sightseeing tour in mountainous area of Alaska
  
• Four cruise ship passengers and plane's pilot killed
  
• Cruise line cancels future tours with company that operated plane

CNN) -- Rescue authorities reported all five people aboard a small sightseeing plane were killed when it crashed in a mountainous area of southeast Alaska on Tuesday, a Princess Cruises spokeswoman said.

The five included the plane's pilot and four Sun Princess cruise ship passengers, who were on the second day of a weeklong, round-trip cruise from Seattle, Washington, spokeswoman Julie Benson said in a statement.

The pilot sent out a distress signal late Tuesday afternoon while on a planned tour of Misty Fjords National Monument, south of Juneau near Ketchikan, Alaska, according to Benson.

When the single-engine DeHavilland Beaver did not return, "rescue helicopters were dispatched to the location of the flight seeing route," Benson said. "These helicopters subsequently spotted the float plane which ... crashed in rugged terrain."

No additional information was immediately released, but Benson said the company was working closely with local authorities to investigate the circumstances of the crash.

Meanwhile, Princess Cruises has permanently canceled all excursions with the tour company Taquan Air, operator of the plane, Benson said.

"We are devastated to report that our passengers and the plane's pilot perished in the accident," Benson said. "Our shoreside care team is doing everything possible to help their families through this difficult tragedy, and we share in their grief."

The passengers were among 1,950 people aboard the Sun Princess.

Alaska State Trooper Jodi Williams identified the victims as pilot Joseph H. Campbell of Ketchikan and cruise ship passengers William F. Eddy and Jeanne J. Eddy of Jacksonville, Florida, and Marianne M. McManus and Paul J. McManus of Cherry Valley, Massachusetts.E-mail to a friend

[Emi's Mom]

Five killed as Alaska sightseeing plane crashes

• Small plane crashes on sightseeing tour in mountainous area of Alaska
  
• Four cruise ship passengers and plane's pilot killed
  
• Cruise line cancels future tours with company that operated plane

CNN) -- Rescue authorities reported all five people aboard a small sightseeing plane were killed when it crashed in a mountainous area of southeast Alaska on Tuesday, a Princess Cruises spokeswoman said.

The five included the plane's pilot and four Sun Princess cruise ship passengers, who were on the second day of a weeklong, round-trip cruise from Seattle, Washington, spokeswoman Julie Benson said in a statement.

The pilot sent out a distress signal late Tuesday afternoon while on a planned tour of Misty Fjords National Monument, south of Juneau near Ketchikan, Alaska, according to Benson.

When the single-engine DeHavilland Beaver did not return, "rescue helicopters were dispatched to the location of the flight seeing route," Benson said. "These helicopters subsequently spotted the float plane which ... crashed in rugged terrain."

No additional information was immediately released, but Benson said the company was working closely with local authorities to investigate the circumstances of the crash.

Meanwhile, Princess Cruises has permanently canceled all excursions with the tour company Taquan Air, operator of the plane, Benson said.

"We are devastated to report that our passengers and the plane's pilot perished in the accident," Benson said. "Our shoreside care team is doing everything possible to help their families through this difficult tragedy, and we share in their grief."

The passengers were among 1,950 people aboard the Sun Princess.

Alaska State Trooper Jodi Williams identified the victims as pilot Joseph H. Campbell of Ketchikan and cruise ship passengers William F. Eddy and Jeanne J. Eddy of Jacksonville, Florida, and Marianne M. McManus and Paul J. McManus of Cherry Valley, Massachusetts.E-mail to a friend

 

How tragic!!!

[H2OH!]

Agreed! We must count our blessings each and every day.

[SherriZ366]

Very Tragic. I did a Misty Fyords Float plane excrusion last year on Serenade but don't remember the name of RCCL's vendor.

[FreewayFortune]

This is so sad. We can't take our ability to do these great excursions for granted.

[Loucat]

I am am am so sorry to hear of this.My thoughts and prayers are to those in that plane, their families,friends and loved ones. We go on cruises for opportunites to experience so many parts of our world, and usually do not go there with the thoughts of something like this. :(

[Alexis]

My prayers go out to all the families and friends of those people killed in that crash.