A B.C. seaplane company is investigating after one of its planes partially sank at a new terminal in downtown Vancouver Friday night.
The Harbour Air-owned single-engine Otter seaplane was loaded with barrels of water to simulate passengers to test the facility's safety and sustainability for seaplane use as part of a review engineered by PavCo, the provincial agency that oversees the terminal.
Officials say the plane was found half-submerged in the Vancouver harbour early Saturday morning.
"We have had long-standing concerns about the design, safety and exposure of the VHFC (Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre) terminal to waves and wakes,” said Greg McDougall, CEO of Harbour Air/Westcoast Air.
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