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Cargo plane crashes in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, A plane crashed in Alaska's Denali National Park Sunday, state and federal officials said.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the state Department of Public Safety officials told KTVA-TV in Anchorage the plane apparently went down about 3:30 p.m.
NTSB spokesman Clint Johnson said the aircraft's impact created a large forest fire.
Witnesses told the TV station they saw a plume of smoke near the Denali Park airstrip.
Brent Stache of the Milwaukee area, told KTVA-TV said saw the plane go down.
"We were kind of talking about it, and it looked like he was flying kind of low, and he banked hard to the left and went straight down we saw the fire ball come up from the back side of the mountains," Stache said. "If you can imagine a big jet crashing and all the airplane fuel starting on fire and going straight up in the air."
Details of the type of aircraft involved and the fate of those on board were not available.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, A plane crashed in Alaska's Denali National Park Sunday, state and federal officials said.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the state Department of Public Safety officials told KTVA-TV in Anchorage the plane apparently went down about 3:30 p.m.
NTSB spokesman Clint Johnson said the aircraft's impact created a large forest fire.
Witnesses told the TV station they saw a plume of smoke near the Denali Park airstrip.
Brent Stache of the Milwaukee area, told KTVA-TV said saw the plane go down.
"We were kind of talking about it, and it looked like he was flying kind of low, and he banked hard to the left and went straight down we saw the fire ball come up from the back side of the mountains," Stache said. "If you can imagine a big jet crashing and all the airplane fuel starting on fire and going straight up in the air."
Details of the type of aircraft involved and the fate of those on board were not available.
