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Canadair CL-415 seaplane taken out of Palisades fire fight by drone

The drone strike punched a hole in the CL-415's wing and caused all firefighting aircraft on the Palisades fire to be temporarily grounded. A drone’s collision with a water-dropping seaplane…

SeaplaneInternational January 14, 2025

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Lucky seaplane accident in Manhattan on the East River

The Cessna 208 Caravan amphibian seaplane made an emergency landing in the East River on Friday evening last week. Lucky seaplane accident. An NYPD boat rescued 10 people from the seaplane, 9 passengers and the captain.

Aranka Sulecz July 24, 2017

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Maldivian Twin Otter seaplane crashed into airport’s lagoon

The Maldivian Twin Otter seaplane tipped over while attempting to land at the Velana International Airport's waterway Saturday morning. The nine passengers and three crewmembers were rescued before the plane…

SeaplaneInternational May 29, 2017

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ICON A5 accident, lead engineer and coworker dead

In April ICON A5 had a hard landing, when the water came into the cockpit, but no one was injured. Unfortunately some days ago they were not lucky, the seaplane flew for 20 minutes before it crashed, the crew died.

Aranka Sulecz May 12, 2017

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Do-24ATT heavy contact by an object in the water

Two weeks ago on Scalaria Air Challenge the Dornier Do-24ATT old timer flying boat has been accident on landing. Video, images and reviews, descriptions of the heavy landing. Good news, the Do-24ATT already is parking in front of Red Bull Flying Bulls hangar, not far from the St. Wolfgang Lake.

SeaplaneInternational August 3, 2015