Six people are dead after a sightseeing plane crashed in southeast Alaska, according to the US Coast Guard
Six people are dead after a sightseeing plane crashed in southeast Alaska on Thursday, according to the US Coast Guard.
"An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka located the wreckage at 2:37 p.m. and lowered two rescue swimmers who reported no survivors," the Coast Guard said in a statement.There were five passengers and one pilot aboard the aircraft, identified by officials as a floatplane, operated by the sightseeing company Southeast Aviation. Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad personnel land and disembark from a Hughes 369D helicopter on Thursday, Aug.
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