Mickel was the founder of the Ross Andrew Winery in Woodinville, Wash. Thayne McCulloh, president of Gonzaga University, said the community lost a leader, teacher, activist and powerful voice.Īlso from Spokane, Hicks was a retired teacher. “Sandy was a voice for the voiceless, a tireless advocate for marginalized people in Spokane, a journalist unafraid to speak truth to power, a builder of hope in her vision for the Carl Maxey Center, and a beloved friend to countless members of our community,” The Spokane County Human Rights Task Force said on Facebook.
Williams, from Spokane, Washington, was a lecturer, filmmaker, founder of the Carl Maxey Center and editor of The Black Lens, an African American-focused newspaper.
The Coast Guard did not provide hometowns. Also killed were passengers Joanne Mera, Patricia Hicks, Luke Ludwig, Rebecca Ludwig and Gabrielle Hanna. The dead include pilot Jason Winters, activist Sandy Williams, winemaker Ross Andrew Mickel, his pregnant wife Lauren Hilty and their child Remy Mickel. At a Tuesday evening news briefing, Tom Chapman from the NTSB said investigators on scene wouldn’t speculate on a cause of the crash and crews were collecting information about the approximately 35-minute flight.Ĭhapman said the agency is directing the search for the wreckage and sonar equipment was being used. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year issued a safety directive for the type of aircraft involved.Ī team from the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of the DHC-3 Otter. The Northwest Seaplanes flight was on its way from Friday Harbor, a popular tourist destination in the San Juan Islands, to a Seattle suburb when it went down without sending out a distress call. The body of one of the dead was recovered after Sunday afternoon’s crash, but the other nine remain missing despite an extensive search. Coast Guard released the names of the victims early Tuesday. A civil rights activist, a business owner, a lawyer, an engineer and the founder of a winery and his family were on the floatplane that crashed in the waters of Washington state’s Puget Sound, killing 10.
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