ANCHORAGE — Two people in a small airplane survived when they crashed on a flight between two southwest Alaska villages.
Alaska State Troopers say a Coast Guard helicopter spotted the downed aircraft early Monday night.
The airplane Monday left Dillingham on a flight to Port Heiden but landed in Pilot Point because of bad weather.
The airplane took off again from Pilot Point and crashed.
The Coast Guard sent out a helicopter from Kodiak to search. Ground crews from Pilot Point and Port Heiden also searched.
The helicopter found the wreckage shortly after 5 p.m. and crew members medically evaluated the survivors before transporting them to additional medical care.
Authorities planned to withhold names of the survivors until their families were contacted.
