A Coastal Helicopters crew spotted the wreckage of a missing small plane Thursday afternoon in the Point Howard area between Juneau and Gustavus. A Juneau Mountain Rescue team later found the pilot’s body at the crash site.
Search & Rescue
UPDATE: Coast Guard, good Samaritans searching for missing small plane near Point Howard
The Coast Guard and a commercial helicopter company are looking for a small plane that went missing between Juneau and Gustavus this morning.
4 rescued when fishing boat sinks in SE Alaska
The Coast Guard says an 84-foot fishing vessel sank off the southern coast of Prince of Wales Island.
Rescued F-16 pilot headed to Alaska
The jet went into the North Pacific about 200-miles off the coast of Japan on Sunday.
Boaters report whale strike off Chichagof Island
Details are sketchy, but everyone is okay after a collision between a skiff and a whale in Freshwater Bay on Chichagof Island.
3 hurt in Alaska ammonia leak on fishing vessel
Three people have been treated for inhalation of ammonia vapors leaking from a Seattle-based fishing vessel as it was docked in Alaska’s Dutch Harbor.