It appears that the passengers on the planes were cruise passengers on an excursion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...vdtEV0koYu9c7V4CDpOVhnNIE61wS0vMYa95BvVfKNeLk
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...vdtEV0koYu9c7V4CDpOVhnNIE61wS0vMYa95BvVfKNeLk
Five people are dead and 10 others hospitalized after two floatplanes collided in midair on Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan.
The pilot on each plane was flying cruise ship passengers on tours, Princess Cruises said in a statement. All five people aboard the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver died, the cruise line said. The other plane, a de Havilland Otter DHC-3, carried 11 people.