Three people are dead after two sightseeing airplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided in midair near a southeast Alaska town, the US Coast Guard says. Three others remaining missing after the collision on Monday (local time) near Ketchikan, Coast Guard Lieutenant Brian Dykens said. USDHS US Coast Guard spokesman Jon-Paul Rios said of the 10 hospitalised in Ketchikan, one was in critical condition. The passengers were off the cruise ship Royal Princess were on sightseeing flights, one which was operated by Taquan Air. Cindy Cicchetti, a passenger on the Royal Princess cruise ship told AP that the ship captain announced that two planes were in an accident.

Source: Stuff May 14, 2019 01:43 UTC