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'Several' injured after seaplane goes down in Vancouver: police (www.cbc.ca)

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A Harbour Air seaplane, with 6 people on board, collided with a pleasure boat on Saturday

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A number of people have been hospitalized after a seaplane collided with a boat in Vancouver's Coal Harbour near Stanley Park on Saturday, officials confirmed.

A CBC reporter on the scene, near Canada Place, confirmed that rescue boats were circling a small plane in the water near Brockton Point in Stanley Park.

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) said in a statement that a Harbour Air seaplane collided with a pleasure boat in the water around 1 p.m. PT.

A spokesperson for Harbour Air said one of its planes, with five passengers onboard for a sightseeing tour, collided with a boat after takeoff from the seaplane terminal.

A statement from the Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria said officials received a call around 12:55 p.m. PT involving a floatplane and a boat in Coal Harbour.

"Kitsilano Coast Guard station sent two vessels to the scene — the Laredo Sound and a fast rescue craft," the JRCC said.

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