Troopers Say No Survivors in Alaska Midair Crash

Olmstead said the crash occurred about 6 miles northwest of Russian Mission, a remote community in the southwest of the state along the Yukon River.

Those killed included three individuals on a Piper managed by Renfro’s Alaskan Adventures from an area airline, Hageland Aviation, and two on a Cessna, Alaska’s national guard, a tourism business said.

Johnson says he’s receiving conflicting information at this point about the crash, and investigators are reviewing the limited radar data available from the area.

There were no survivors on either plane, according to rescuers at the crash site, Alaska State Troopers say.

Around noon, the National Guard dispatched a Black Hawk helicopter carrying two flight medics from Bethel to the crash site.

Col. Candis Olmstead confirmed to the newspaper that the crash happened around 11 a.m. local time some 60 miles north of the city of Bethel.

The Alaska Dispatch News reported that Ravn Alaska, which operates Hageland, and Renfro’s did not provide any further details about the crash, the aircraft or its occupants.

An investigation will be conducted by the US National Transportation Safety Board to understand the circumstances of the event.

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