A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter hovers over Sitka Sound during routine hoist training. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Lt. Cmdr Wryan Webb)

A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter hovers over Sitka Sound during routine hoist training. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Lt. Cmdr Wryan Webb)

Yakutat-bound charter flight missing from Juneau

Flight departed from Juneau on Saturday with three people aboard, according to U.S. Coast Guard.

This is a developing story.

U.S. Coast Guard staff are searching for a missing charter flight that left Juneau on Saturday, headed for Yakutat, but never arrived.

There were three people on board, but Coast Guard public affairs officer Mike Salerno, said they do not know anything more about them. The missing plane is a Beechcraft Bonanza, according to a Coast Guard social media post.

The Coast Guard launched a MH-60T helicopter from Sitka and C130 from Kodiak and partnered with Alaska State Troopers and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center to search for the plane.

The agency is searching near the Fairweather Mountain Range. Salerno asked that people flying between Juneau and Yakutat who see something out of the ordinary contact the Coast Guard.

• This story was originally published by the Chilkat Valley News.

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