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Active search suspended for 9 missing in floatplane crash

Next of kin notified; 1 confirmed dead in Sunday crash

A U.S. Coast Guard vessel searches the area near Freeland as a fisherman looks on.
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel searches the area near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island on Sept. 5. A chartered floatplane carrying 10 people that was en route from Friday Harbor, Wash., to Renton, Wash., crashed Sept. 4. The active search for survivors was suspended at noon Sept. 5. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/AP News)
By Audra Anderson Assistant Editor
The active search for nine individuals who went missing after a Sunday afternoon floatplane crash in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island has been suspended as of noon Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. One individual was found dead on Sunday, and nine others, including a child, remain missing. An extensive search that spanned overnight Sunday covered 1,282 nautical miles. Next of kin have been notified of the decision to suspend the active search, according to the Coast Guard.  “It's o

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