A plane missing since Friday is thought to have gone down between Merrill Pass and Telaquana Lake in the northern end of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve/NPS map
Searchers were hoping for improved weather Tuesday so they could return to the field to search for a plane missing in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
The Alaska Air National Guard had a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter in the area for most of the day Monday with a second crew and helicopter conducting an evening search, but -- like each of the past three days -- was unable to reach the area where an emergency locator transmitter beacon indicates the aircraft is located.
David McRae, 55, of Anchorage, was flying from Anchorage to Lake Clark on Friday evening when contact was lost and the ELT was activated, park staff said. The aircraft is believed to be at about the 5,000-foot elevation in a rugged, mountainous location between Merrill Pass and Telaquana Lake.
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Took that flight from Anchorage to Lake Clark about 15 years ago.What I remember most about that experience was as you looked out your windows you had mountains on both sides of your plane.It was exciting but scary just the same.
You have to be a very skilled pilot I felt to navigate between the valley with all the turbulence you feel in a small place.
It was indeed a trip of a lifetime.
These people fly this Valley on a daily basis.One has to think he had a mechanical failure.