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7-31-17 seaplane crash victim identified

todayJuly 29, 2017

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 71-year-old Minnesota woman who died after a seaplane tried to take off near an aviation convention in eastern Wisconsin.  The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Diane Linker, of Sauk Rapids.  Linker was a passenger in a six-seat seaplane that hit a large wave and overturned while trying to take off Thursday night near the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Seaplane Base, just south of Oshkosh. She died Friday.  Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Kroncke said Saturday that another person remains in critical condition.

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