11 accounted for after fiery seaplane crash between Vancouver Island, Washington<\/p>\n
Published 9:06 am Friday, July 24, 2026<\/p>\n
All 10 passengers and a pilot are accounted for after a Kenmore Air seaplane crashed roughly 55 kilometres north-northeast of Victoria.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred Thursday evening (July 23) around 5:15 p.m., in Shallow Bay near Sucia Island, Wash.<\/p>\n
The flight had departed from Seattle and was bound for San Juan Island\u2019s Roche Harbor.<\/p>\n
Emergency responders, including the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, plus Canadian and U.S. emergency personnel, responded immediately to the scene.<\/p>\n
According to the United States Coast Guard, the aircraft caught fire after an emergency landing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aircraft caught fire following the emergency landing and is currently against the rocks on Sucia Island,\u201d said a Coast Guard news release.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoast Guard environmental response personnel have been notified and are coordinating with partner agencies to assess potential environmental impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several injured passengers were transported to hospitals in Friday Harbor, Skagit County and Bellingham for medical treatment, said the Coast Guard. The San Juan County Sheriff\u2019s Office said injuries range from head injuries to broken bones and lacerations, with one patient in critical condition.<\/p>\n
Kenmore Air said its highest priority is the care and support of its passengers, pilot, and their families.<\/p>\n
\u201cOut of respect for those involved, we will not speculate regarding the cause of the accident,\u201d said Kenmore Air.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful that everyone aboard has been accounted for, and our immediate focus is ensuring our passengers and pilot receive the care and support they need,\u201d said a statement from CEO David Gudgel.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe extend our sincere thanks to the United States Coast Guard, local emergency responders, and everyone assisting in the response. Kenmore Air is fully cooperating with the investigating authorities, and we will continue providing verified information as it becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n
The airline, which also operates flights to and from Victoria\u2019s Inner Harbour, has cancelled all scheduled flights for Friday, July 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"11 accounted for after fiery seaplane crash between Vancouver Island, Washington Published 9:06 am Friday, July 24, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[903,49,48,55,36245],"class_list":["post-823527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver","tag-vancouver-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}