Has the cause of the Stevens crash been even guessed at yet? Pilot error? Mechanical malfunction? Weather?
Sue
I have somewhat of a personal interest in this one and just watched a video segment on the msnbc.msn.com website. There is no indication of what caused the crash and they have not been able to interview any passengers yet. It is reported that the pilot was very experienced and had 29,000 hours of commercial flying time with Alaska Airlines before retiring.
The
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter is an older but very reliable aircraft and is still used in daily flight operations.
Harbour Air out of Vancouver Canada has 18 of these aircraft in current use.
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