NTSB officials said they will now coordinate with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in its efforts to find the wreckage.
The agency said it has started to recover some items from the crash like a seat cushion, seatbelts, dispatch paperwork and some personal effects, which will be returned to the families of the crash victims.
Actress Megan Hilty, whose sister, brother-in-law and baby nephew were on the plane, released a statement on Instagram, saying: “On Sunday afternoon, a small float plane crashed into Puget Sound off the coast of Whidbey Island. My beloved sister Lauren, brother-in-law Ross and baby nephew Remy were on that plane. To make this news even more devastating, my sister was eight months pregnant and we were expecting to welcome baby boy Luca into the world next month. The last three days have been the worst of our lives. There are truly no words to appropriately convey the depth of our grief.
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