Flightseeing plane makes emergency landing on Denali National Park glacier

Denali successful February 2021 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)

A sightseeing level pinch 9 group connected committee mislaid powerfulness and was forced to onshore adjacent a glacier successful Denali National Park Friday.

According to a National Park Service release, nan aviator of a K2 Aviation level carrying 8 passengers made an emergency landing successful heavy alders adjacent nan toed of nan Tokositna Glacier conscionable earlier 5 p.m. Friday.   

Park officials opportunity nary 1 was hurt, and an NPS A-Star chopper shuttled nan aviator and passengers to a adjacent gravel bar.

From location nan Park Service helicopter, on pinch an HH-60 chopper from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and an R-44 chopper from Talkeetna Air Taxi, teamed up to alert everyone to Talkeetna.  

Park Service officials are moving pinch a National Transportation Safety Board interrogator to region nan airplane from nan site.