All five people on board survived the impact and were medevaced to Anchorage-area hospitals.
Responders at the site of the March 5 plane crash on Lake Iliamna.
A plane carrying five adults crashed about eight miles southwest of Iliamna around 1 p.m. on Saturday, according to a from Alaska State Troopers. All five survived the initial impact and are receiving medical care at Anchorage-area hospitals. One person is in serious condition, one is in fair condition and three are in stable condition, troopers said in an update Sunday afternoon.
Around 1 p.m. on Saturday, troopers received notice of a signal from an emergency locator transmitter — a device that sends out an audio alert and GPS signal when activated. The signal was coming from the offshore ice on the lake. Alaska Wildlife Troopers launched an R44 helicopter from the King Salmon area, and local crews and private aircraft from Iliamna tried to reach the site. Responders included Lake and Peninsula Airlines, Iliamna Air Taxi, search-and-rescue volunteers and others from the Iliamna area.Rescue teams and troopers found a Cessna 206, which had been destroyed in the crash.
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