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The pilot of a K2 Aviation flightseeing plane that crashed near Denali in early August lived long enough to report two possible fatalities before communications ceased, according to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released Thursday, and reported on by Anchorage Daily News. The crash killed all five people aboard the de Havilland Beaver, making it the deadliest in recent […]

National Park Service rangers have located the body of the fifth and final person who died after a flightseeing plane crashed in Denali Park and Preserve on August 4. Rangers will not be attempting to recover any of the victims due to dangerous conditions at the wreckage site. The K-2 Aviation flightseeing plane was piloted by Craig Steven Layson and […]

Five people are believed to have died in Saturday’s crash of a flightseeing plane near Denali, the deadliest crash of an air taxi in the Alaska Range in decades. A National Park Service ranger found four bodies in the wreckage during a search made brief by weather Monday at the precarious site. The word that no one survived Saturday’s crash dashed hopes […]