Coast Guard: 6 People Dead After Sightseeing Plane Crash in Alaska

Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad personnel land and disembark from a Hughes 369D helicopter at Temsco Helicopters Inc in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Aug.5, 2021. Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP

Six people have been killed after a sightseeing plane crashed in southeast Alaska on Aug. 5, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The plane’s emergency alert beacon was activated at around 11:20 a.m. when the plane crashed in the area of Misty Fjords National Monument, near Ketchikan, the Coast Guard said in a statement.