Coast Guard suspends search for man missing in plane crash

  • The Associated Press
  • Tuesday, May 29, 2018 2:12pm
  • News

The Associated Press

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — One person was rescued and one is missing after a small plane crashed in Eagle Harbor, off Bainbridge Island.

KOMO-TV reported that two people were aboard the small plane, a 1974 Cessna 150. The plane sank in about 100 feet of water after crashing Sunday evening.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday night that a female was rescued and a 70-year-old man is missing.

The Coast Guard suspended the search Monday afternoon.

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A good Samaritan brought the woman, in her 60s, to shore after she was found bleeding and floating in the water. The woman was later taken to Harborview Medical Center, where she was in critical condition Sunday night.

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Seattle and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles launched in response to the crash Sunday.

The Coast Guard aircrew searched until after sunset Sunday while boat crews from Station Seattle and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Adelie searched throughout Sunday night and Monday morning.

Searches were also conducted along the shores of the Eagle Harbor entrance, southern Bainbridge Island and from Blakely Harbor to Restoration Point.

A crew aboard Kitsap Marine 81, a North Kitsap fire-rescue vessel, used a side-scan SONAR to search the area but was unable to locate the sunken aircraft.

Members of Seattle Harbor Patrol, North Kitsap Fire and Rescue, Bainbridge Police Department and other agencies also assisted in the search, as well as approximately 20 Good Samaritan vessel crews.

The Coast Guard said the search might resume pending additional information.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it will investigate the crash.

Weather at the scene of the crash was 1-foot high seas, 5- to 11-mph winds, clear visibility, air temperature of 73 F and water temperature of 47 F.

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