The San Juan Journal is reporting:
Updated: Plane lands in water off Johns Island; no injuries reported
Published: July 28, 2008 12:00 PMUpdated: July 28, 2008 3:36 PM
At 2:12 p.m., West Coast Air issued the following statement about today's emergency landing on the water off Johns Island:
A West Coast Air Twin Otter airplane bound for Richmond departed from Victoria today at 11:57 a.m. with two passengers and two crew members on board. After shutting down one engine as a precaution, the plane landed without incident near Stuart Island in the San Juan Islands.
All passengers and crew are safe and now being transported home.
Transport Canada and the Transportation Safety Board have both been notified of the incident.
The full post is here.
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2 comments:
why did the uscg take them? customs?
Sam,
They were all taken to customs and Westcoast Air had another plane waiting for the group at Roche Harbor when we arrived. They dropped off a mechanic as well.
Will update this story when we learn more in the next day or so.
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