Plane missing on Kenai flight found, 3 people alive and well

  • By The Associated Press
  • Tuesday, January 31, 2017 10:58am
  • News

ANCHORAGE — Officials say three people were found “alive and well” when a missing aircraft was located.

The airplane was reported missing Sunday on a flight from Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula.

Anchorage television station KTVA reports that the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center confirmed that the plane was found Monday.

The station says the Coast Guard confirms three people were found with the plane and were “alive and well” and taken to an Anchorage hospital Monday evening.

Clint Johnson of the National Transportation Safety Board says that the airplane took off Sunday.

The report didn’t say where the plane was found or what had happened to it. No other information was immediately available.

The Coordination Center led the search.

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