Editor’s note: In a previous version of this story, a picture of a seaplane from an airline not associated with the crash was used. The picture has been updated to show a Taquan Air aircraft. Global News regrets the error.
KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Authorities say a pilot and a single passenger have died after a small plane crashed Monday near Ketchikan.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough spokeswoman Deanna Thomas says in a release that the Taquan Air operated Beaver floatplane crashed in Metlakatla Harbor around 4 p.m. No one besides the deceased was on board the aircraft.
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Thomas says the names of the deceased won’t be released until their families have been notified.
She says the circumstances of the crash are not being released at this time.
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Good Samaritans are towing the Beaver to the beach until it can be secured.
The accident comes a week after a Taquan Air Beaver floatplane collided with another floatplane in Ketchikan, which is about 14 miles (23 kilometres) from Metlakatla Harbor, leaving six people dead.
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