Plane Missing over Washington State
Air and ground rescue teams were out searching for a plane with 10 skydivers that went missing Sunday night over a mountainous area in Washington State.
According to CNN.com, the single-engine Cessna 208 caravan had nine skydivers and one pilot on board. The plane fell of radar at around 8 p.m. Pacific time, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The plane was heading to Shelton, Wash. from Boise, Idaho. Nisha Marvel of the Washington State Department of Transportation told CNN that a camper in the area saw a low-flying plane and then heard a crash.
Officials believe the plane was believed to have gone down on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountain range, southeast of Seattle, according to an AFP report. The AFP reported that the witness in the area was a hunter, not a camper as CNN reported.