2 men presumed dead after Kenai Peninsula plane crash

Crescent Lake adjacent Moose Pass connected nan Kenai Peninsula (Jenny Neyman)

Two men are presumed dormant aft their mini level collapsed Tuesday into Crescent Lake connected nan Kenai Peninsula, authorities say.

Two hikers reported nan clang adjacent Moose Pass astir 2 p.m., according to an online trooper dispatch.

A hunt team, including a chopper and floatplane, responded to nan area, but nary survivors were found, troopers said. The hunt continued Wednesday afternoon.

“Military craft are assisting, getting immoderate specialized resources up location to statesman searching nan reservoir area a small spot much thoroughly today,” Trooper Spokesman Austin McDaniel said.

According to troopers, nan Super Cub was reported overdue pinch 2 men connected board. 

McDaniel said nan level took disconnected from and was scheduled to return to nan mini organization of Moose Pass, astir 30 miles northbound of Seward. 

The National Transportation Safety Board has been notified of nan accident, and nan NTSB’s Alaska Chief Clint Johnson said nan investigation is ongoing.

“There were a mates of witnesses astatine Crescent Lake that saw nan airplane descend into nan h2o successful nan mediate of nan lake. Unfortunately, that wreckage has since sunk,” Johnson said. “Right now, Alaska State Troopers and a number of subject assets are successful nan process of getting a scheme together to retrieve that airplane.”

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