FAA Issues Warning About Type of Seaplane That Crashed

FAA Issues Warning About Type of Seaplane That Crashed
A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff's Office boat search the area near Freeland, Wash., where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people, on Whidbey Island north of Seattle, on Sept. 5, 2022,. Stephen Brashear/AP Photo
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SEATTLE—Federal authorities have issued a warning about a part of the tail in the type of seaplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound last month, killing 10 people.

The Seattle Times reports that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive concerning Otter seaplanes. Released Tuesday, the directive warned of potential cracks and corrosion in a part called the elevator, a movable surface of the horizontal tail that controls the plane’s pitch.