Search underway for plane missing out of Valdez – Anchorage Daily News
A search is underway for an overdue single-engine plane missing since Monday after the pilot left Valdez en route to Sutton, authorities say.
Alaska State Troopers say they received a report of an overdue aircraft with one person on board and notified the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center just after 8:20 p.m. The red and white Aeronca Champion aircraft was reported to have left Valdez around 5 p.m., with an expected arrival time of 6:30 p.m.
“It did not arrive,” said Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska chief.
Bad weather in the area including heavy cloud cover was hampering search efforts as of Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Assets from the Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Army National Guard, along with troopers and the rescue coordination center, were involved. Aircraft were searching as weather permitted, troopers said.
On Monday, there were scattered thunderstorms in the area between Valdez and Glennallen across the general…
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