Sea plane with tourists crash-lands, all passengers safe
A Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane carrying 11 tourists crashed landed in the water near Kuredhu Island Resort in north central Maldives at 5:30pm today. The passengers and three members of crew are safe.
02 Jul 2015, 11:17 PM
Minivan News
A Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane carrying 11 tourists crashed landed in the water near Kuredhu Island Resort in north central Maldives at 5:30pm today.
The passengers and three members of crew are safe, TMA has said.
The Twin Otter seaplane sank within minutes of crash-landing. A speedboat rescued the passengers and crew within minutes. There were no injuries.
“We have started a comprehensive investigation and will provide support to the relevant investigating authorities,” the TMA said in a statement.
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