Missing Ring

A de Havilland DHC-3 Otter floatplane on a scheduled flight between two seaplane bases abruptly entered a near-vertical 9,500-fpm descent and stuck the water in Mutiny Bay near Freeland, Washington, U.S., killing the pilot and all nine passengers. The airplane sank to the bottom of the bay and was destroyed.

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