Rescue personnel and crash investigators hope to revisit the wreck of a small plane in Denali National Park this morning, after a helicopter crew spotted it from the air Thursday but couldn't land.
Authorities say the Thursday crash of a small plane in Denali National Park and Preserve, spotted from the air by rescuers who couldn’t initially reach it, likely killed anyone aboard.
“The Alaska Guard Rescue Coordination Center found aircraft wreckage in a narrow ravine,” she said. “And, at the time, it wasn’t safe to land.” Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska chief, said the Guard sent another flight into the area later Thursday for a second look at the wreckage from the air.Johnson said the NTSB investigator assigned to the crash hopes to be able to get back to the site Friday morning and take a closer look on the ground.
He said investigators won’t know whether there was a passenger on board until they’re on the ground, but it appears the flight was hunting-related.
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