Most of the the wreckage of one of two planes that collided in mid-air while conducting flight seeing tours has been recovered.
aboard, officials have said. Between the two, 16 people were on board, and 10 survived the collision.Charles Hanas was among those who helped. He was returning home to Ketchikan on a boat with his wife when he saw"a float plane just crash straight into the water with a huge splash."He said he immediately took the skiff they were towing to help."There was heads — people in the water," said Hanas, who has lived in Ketchikan for around 40 years.
"I reached down and grabbed his hand — and I have handles along my skiff — and I put his hand on there and I says 'hang on to that,' Hanas said. "All I wanted to do was get them out of the water, because it’s cold and they were not swimming very well,” Hanas said."I just motored them into the beach, and as soon as they touched, then I knew they weren't going to drown."
The Taquan Air plane had descended from around 3,800 to 4,000 feet to around 3,300 feet over several miles, something she described as normal, and was traveling at around 145 mph. The Mountain Air plane was flying at about 3,300 feet and at around 122 mph, she said.
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