Alaska Crash Kills 8 on Guard Plane
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JUNEAU, Alaska — A National Guard plane carrying eight people to the Juneau airport crashed into a mountain range Thursday, the Coast Guard reported. Officials said there were no survivors.
The wreckage of the C-12F twin-engine Beechcraft was found at the 2,600-foot elevation on the Chilkat Peninsula, Petty Officer Erik Lott said. A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the wreckage in the Chilkat Range about 30 miles west of Juneau and seven miles southeast of Excursion Inlet.
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