Seaplane crashes in Washington state, all 11 people on board accounted for
Four people were hospitalized with serious injuries after the seaplane caught fire, while all 11 people aboard were later accounted for, officials said.
- On Thursday, July 23, 2026, a Kenmore Air seaplane carrying 11 people made an emergency landing and caught fire near Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands, Washington, prompting a large United States Coast Guard rescue operation.
- Kenmore Air CEO David Gudgel confirmed the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter departed Seattle's Lake Union at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, bound for Roche Harbor, when it went down approximately 45 minutes after takeoff.
- All 11 individuals—10 passengers and one pilot—were accounted for following the crash, with four people transported to hospitals with serious injuries, including one in critical condition.
- Victims' injuries range from "head injuries to broken bones and lacerations," San Juan County Sheriff Eric Peter said, as two injured passengers were taken to Bellingham and two others to Seattle.
- The cause of the accident remains unknown, and the Coast Guard and the Federal Aviation Administration are actively investigating the incident while Kenmore Air cooperates with authorities.
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A seaplane carrying 11 crashes into an island north of Seattle and all aboard are rescued
A seaplane carrying 11 people crashed near an island north of Seattle, and caught fire, prompting a massive, sucessful rescue effort.
A seaplane carrying 11 people made an emergency landing and caught fire on Thursday off the coast of Washington State.
All 10 passengers and the pilot were rescued from the burning seaplane after it crashed off the coast of Washington. But several people were injured during the emergency landing. Four were seriously injured, one of them critically.
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