Four people were injured on Tuesday when a plane crashed while attempting to land on a remote airstrip lined by trees in Southeast Alaska.
A de Havilland DHC-3 fixed-wing single engine plane crashed near Yakutat, Alaska, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Three people seriously hurt in Tuesday’s crash at Dry Bay airstrip were sent to hospitals in Anchorage. A fourth person with minor injuries was treated in the nearby community of Yakutat, the Coast Guard said in a statement.The crash occurred about 3 p.m. Tuesday as the Yakutat Coastal Airlines charter flight was attempting to land on the airstrip, said Clint Johnson, head of the Alaska division of the National Transportation Safety Board. The flight had originated from Yakutat.
A Coast Guard helicopter from Sitka arrived on scene and took two people with “critical back issues” to Yakutat, the Coast Guard statement said. Another person with breathing issues was taken to Yakutat by that city’s police department.
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