LATEST: A search for nine people presumed dead after a float plane crashed in Washington's Puget Sound has been suspended, Coast Guard says.
A pair of U.S. Coast Guard vessels search the area, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed.A search for nine people presumed dead after a floatplane crashed in Washington's Puget Sound was suspended on Monday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
"It is always difficult when it comes time to make a decision to stop searching," said Capt. Daniel Broadhurst, the incident management branch chief for the 13th Coast Guard District. "The hearts of all the first responders go out to those who lost a family member, a loved one or a friend in the crash."
At the time it was suspended, rescue crews were focusing on Mutiny Bay, west of Whidbey Island, according to the Coast Guard.
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