5 passengers killed in Alaska
mid-air plane crash
Two small planes carrying a total of five passengers collided in mid-air in Alaska Wednesday morning, authorities said.
All five people are dead, according to Alaska State Troopers.
The crash happened around 11 a.m. local time about 60 miles north of the city of Bethel, Alaska National Guard spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Candis Olmstead said in a statement.
"The aircraft involved were a Hageland Aviation Cessna 208 Caravan with three individuals on board and a Renfro's Alaska Adventures Piper PA-18 Super Cub with two individuals on board," Olmstead said.
Olmstead said the crash occurred about 6 miles northwest of Russian Mission, a remote community in the southwest of the state along the Yukon River.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Hageland did not immediately respond to a request for information.
An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter ferrying medics was arriving at the crash site, Olmstead said. Alaska State Troopers were also en route.
Two small planes carrying a total of five passengers collided in mid-air in Alaska Wednesday morning, authorities said.
All five people are dead, according to Alaska State Troopers.
The crash happened around 11 a.m. local time about 60 miles north of the city of Bethel, Alaska National Guard spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Candis Olmstead said in a statement.
"The aircraft involved were a Hageland Aviation Cessna 208 Caravan with three individuals on board and a Renfro's Alaska Adventures Piper PA-18 Super Cub with two individuals on board," Olmstead said.
Olmstead said the crash occurred about 6 miles northwest of Russian Mission, a remote community in the southwest of the state along the Yukon River.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Hageland did not immediately respond to a request for information.
An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter ferrying medics was arriving at the crash site, Olmstead said. Alaska State Troopers were also en route.
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| Date: | 31-AUG-2016 |
| Time: | -11:00 |
| Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Hageland Aviation |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | WNW of Russian Mission Airport (PARS), Russian Mission, AK - United States of America |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
A midair collision occurred between a Cessna 208 Caravan and a Piper PA-18 Super Cub west-northwest of Russian Mission Airport (PARS), Russian Mission, Alaska. The airplane sustained unreported damage and the two occupants onboard received fatal injuries. The two occupants onboard the Piper PA-18 Super Cub were fatally injured.
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