Aircraft submerged in bay
A Cessna 185 crashed into Bluefox Bay at the north end of Alaska’s Afognak Island around noon on Friday, killing one person and sending two others to hospital, National Transportation Safety Board Alaska region spokesperson Millicent Hill told the Anchorage Daily News.
The aircraft became submerged in the bay. Alaska’s News Source described it as a charter plane, but the available reports did not identify its operator or the people aboard.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB is investigating the crash. Hill said investigators would begin examining the wreckage once it had been brought ashore, while Alaska State Troopers were heading to the scene.
The cause remained unclear late Friday afternoon. Hill also said authorities did not yet know where the flight originated or where it was going.
Sources used
- 1 dead, 2 hurt when plane crashes into water off island near Kodiak, NTSB says (opens in a new tab)
Anchorage Daily News · Published
- 1 dead, 2 hospitalized following charter plane crash into water near Kodiak (opens in a new tab)
Alaska's News Source · Published