6 people died in a plane crash in Alaska, USA. The dead included 5 passengers and 1 pilot. According to the US Coast Guard, a sightseeing plane crashed in southern Alaska on Thursday. Crew members of the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter found its wreckage.
This accident is likely to happen due to bad weather. The Coast Guard said that at the time of the accident, there was mist at the spot and it was raining lightly. During this, the wind was a bit strong and the visibility was only 2 miles. After the plane went missing, Alaska State Troopers and the Coast Guard launched a search operation together.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the accident. Earlier, in 2019, two tourist planes collided in the air and killed 6 of the 16 people on board. Last month (09 July), a skydiving aircraft crashed in Sweden. In this 8 skydivers and 1 pilot died. The DHC-2 Turbo Beaver plane caught fire shortly after takeoff from Orebro Airport, according to Swedish police.
JUNO (USA), Aug 6 (AP) A tourist plane carrying tourists crashed in southeast Alaska on Thursday, killing all six people on board. The US Coast Guard gave this information. The identities of those killed in the plane crash have not been made public yet. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the accident.
The Coast Guard and the Federal Aviation Administration said the plane's emergency light was activated at around 11.20 p.m. when the plane crashed in the area of Misty Jodders National Monument near Ketchikan. Two rescuers were airlifted to the crash site after the Coast Guard found the wreckage of the plane, who said there were no survivors in the accident.
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