At Least 4 Dead After Two Planes Crash Midair in Alaska

At Least 4 Dead After Two Planes Crash Midair in Alaska
Emergency response crews transport an injured passenger to an ambulance at the George Inlet Lodge docks, in Ketchikan, Alaska on May 13, 2019. Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—A team of federal airplane accident investigators was expected to arrive in Alaska on Tuesday, May 14, to investigate the cause of a midair collision between two sightseeing planes that killed at least four people.

The four died when the floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan, the Coast Guard said. Two others were missing, said Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios, a Coast Guard spokesman.