Alaska Police and Coast Guard Searching for Missing Plane with Three Onboard

July 23rd, 4:30 AM EDT

By NEWSnet Digital Team

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(NEWSnet/AP) — Alaska authorities are searching for a missing airplane with three people onboard.

Alaska State Troopers received a report from the U.S. Coast Guard of a missing plane shortly before 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the state Department of Public Safety said in a statement.

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The single-propeller, 1948 Beach Craft Bonanza was flying near Mount Crillon in Southeast Alaska with a pilot and two passengers.

The plane did not arrive on schedule in Yakutat.

The ongoing search involves state troopers, the Coast Guard and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the statement said.

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