One person was killed and nine are still missing after a floatplane crashed into the Puget Sound.

The US Coast Guard responded when a plane carrying ten adults and one child crashed on Sunday afternoon in the waters of northern Washington. They are still searching for the nine missing victims.

The plane was flying out of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, the Coast Guard said. The crash occurred in the Mutiny Bay area, just west of Whidbey Island.

Whidbey island is located just north of Seattle in the Puget Sound. The flight was headed to Renton, authorities said.

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The cause of the crash is currently unknown. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced they were investigating the circumstances of the crash on Sunday night.

The plane was a single-engine de Havilland DHC-3 Turbine Otter, the NTSB reported.

The coast guard deployed four boats, an aircraft, and a rescue helicopter to aid in the search for the missing passengers.

Floatplanes are a popular method of transportation on the Puget Sound. They are equipped with pontoons that allow them to land safely in the water.

Tourists frequently take flights on floatplanes between Seattle and the San Juan Islands. The crashed plane was leaving from the scenic islands on the maritime border of the US and Canada.

It was not the first maritime plane crash the west coast has seen this year. In July, a small aircraft dove into the Pacific Ocean near California’s popular Huntington Beach Pier.

The California crash was much less deadly. Two junior lifeguards rushed to the plane immediately and managed to evacuate the pilot and administer first aid.

Meanwhile in Europe, a family was reported dead after a private jet mysteriously crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia.

The jet crash, which occurred on the same day as the floatplane crash in Washington, has left investigators puzzled. NATO jets were deployed to follow the jet’s erratic flight path, but when they caught up with it they could not see any pilot in the cockpit.

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