
Alaska sightseeing plane crashes near Ketchikan; at least 6 dead, including pilot, Coast Guard says
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At least six people are dead after a sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The identities of those killed in the crash were not immediately released, but officials said there were six people on board, including the pilot. The plane, a single-engine DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver, took off from Misty Fjords National Monument and crashed around 11:20 a.m. in an area of steep, mountainous terrain near Ketchikan, about 300 miles southeast of Juneau, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told the Anchorage Daily News.More Related News