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Investigation cites inadequate aviation regulations as likely cause of 2019 midair collision near Ketchikan Posted by Eric Stone | Apr 20, 2021 A photo provided by investigators shows a Taquan Air DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter moments before it collided with a Mountain Air Service DHC-2 Beaver in 2019, killing six people and injuring 10. (via NTSB) Two pilots whose planes collided near Ketchikan in 2019 were unable to see or detect each other until a midair crash was unavoidable. That’s according to federal aviation investigators, who say the accident could have been avoided if flightseeing aircr...

Print article The pilots of two flightseeing planes that collided near Ketchikan in May 2019 didn’t see each other because their views were partly obstructed. But they also didn’t get alerts about nearby aircraft in the crucial minutes before the crash because equipment that could have provided alerts wasn’t working properly. That’s according to a probable cause finding issued Tuesday by the five members of the National Transportation Safety Board, meeting remotely from the Washington, D.C., area. Six people died — Mountain Air Service pilot Randy Sullivan and his four passenger...