ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A sightseeing plane with a pilot and four cruise ship passengers crashed in steep mountainous terrain Tuesday, killing everyone inside, the Coast Guard said.
The wreckage of the single-engine floatplane was spotted by aerial searchers in the area where an aircraft distress signal had been picked up, said Len Laurance, a spokesman for Taquan Air, the Ketchikan-based operator.
Coast Guard Lt. j.g. George Adams said Coast Guard helicopter crews at the heavily forested site were told by searchers at the scene that all aboard the de Havilland Beaver died.
Earlier reports put the plane at an elevation of 2,400 feet, but Adams said the wing portion …
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