Two hikers witnessed the small plane crash into Crescent Lake, troopers say.
Two men are presumed dead after their small plane crashed Tuesday into Crescent Lake on the Kenai Peninsula, authorities say.online trooper dispatchA search team, including a helicopter and floatplane, responded to the area, but no survivors were found, troopers said. The search continued Wednesday afternoon.
“Military aircraft are assisting, getting some specialized resources up there to begin searching the lake area a little bit more thoroughly today,” troopers spokesman Austin McDaniel said.McDaniel said the plane took off from and was scheduled to return to the small community of Moose Pass, about 30 miles north of Seward.
The National Transportation Safety Board has been notified of the accident, and the NTSB’s Alaska Chief Clint Johnson said the investigation is ongoing. “There were a couple of witnesses at Crescent Lake that saw the airplane descend into the water in the middle of the lake. Unfortunately, that wreckage has since sunk,” Johnson said. “Right now, Alaska State Troopers and a number of military assets are in the process of getting a plan together to recover that airplane.”
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