Company involved in midair collision near Ketchikan suspends cruise-line air tours
It wasn't immediately clear how long the suspension by
The floatplanes carried passengers from the same cruise ship: the Royal Princess, which docked in
All Mountain Air Service "operations have been canceled," according to a statement from the company to the
When the collision occurred Taquan was returning to
[These are some of the victims in deadly
The
If procedures and laws are violated or evidence shows a "significant threat to public health or safety," a permit can be revoked, he said.
"If we can find a way to improve the process in any way, that's what we're looking for," Robbins said.
Ten people were injured after the planes collided, some of them seriously. All four survivors who had been flown to
The crash killed everyone in the Beaver: four cruise passengers and Sullivan.
Taquan's pilot and nine passengers survived. One passenger died trapped in the plane, which sank after coming to a rest in the water, floats up.
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The crash is at least the fifth fatal crash involving cruise ship passengers on air tour flights in
Taquan has suspended all flightseeing trips booked in advance through cruise lines, the company said Thursday. The action was taken "(o)ut of respect for cruise line guests still in the hospital and their families," according to a Taquan statement emailed by the PR firm
Princess separately decided to suspend Taquan flightseeing tours for its passengers at least until later this month. A Princess spokesman said they also contract with
The
The Princess passengers who flew on Mountain Air Service had booked their flights independently of Princess.
Taquan, owned by
Taquan resumed scheduled and chartered flights on Wednesday. It resumed flightseeing tours for direct booked and third-party booked customers on Thursday.
The decision to continue to suspend cruise ship flight tours was a mutual one "which
It's not clear just what the date those flights will resume.
"Taquan and Princess are working together to determine the most appropriate time," the company said.
Meanwhile, crews working with the
Both planes have been recovered and moved to a secure site in
A team of investigators planned to remain in
The skies over
The city expected a new record level of 1.2 million people to come into
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