Alaska Seaplanes aircraft crashes on takeoff
A spokesperson for the airline said everyone survived
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A small plane taking off from an Alaskan airport Friday crashed on takeoff, authorities said.
The Alaska Seaplanes aircraft had six people on board – five passengers and a pilot, airline spokesman Andy Kline told Fox News.
The single-engine Cessna 208B crashed at the end of Runway 8 around 8:50 a.m. local time while departing Juneau International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The aircraft was en route to Skagway. No injuries were reported but the aircraft was damaged, Kline said.
The single-engine Cessna 208B that crashed upon takeoff from an Alaska airport Friday. A small plane crashed Friday during takeoff from an Alaskan airport but no one was injured, a spokesman for the airline said. (Alaska Seaplanes)
"They were all able to exit (the plane) immediately. They're all in good spirits, remarkably good spirits I would say," he said. "We don’t quite know what happened. Upon takeoff, they ended up not being able to get in the air properly so they ended up back on the runway and came to a halt.
Alaska Seaplanes is a commuter airline for southeast Alaska and provides chapter and freight flights on wheeled and floatplanes. The airline grounded its remaining flights for Friday and is expected to resume operations Saturday, Kline said.
A plane crashed on takeoff Friday from Juneau International Airport. (A plane crashed on takeoff Friday from Juneau International Airport.)
The cause of the crash has not been determined but Alaska Seaplanes is cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), he said.
The NTSB told Fox News it was too early to comment on the matter. The damaged aircraft was one of four the airline has in its fleet.
Juneau, Alaska (City of Juneau)
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Fox Nation’s "Grim Tide" series dives into the details of a string of unsolved murders and continues the search for the Long Island serial killer.
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"An M-Vac machine -- that is a very specialized machine that can retest evidence that has been preserved for all this time," she told Fox News’ Steve Doocy.
She also viewed the phone analytics room, where officials have attempted to track phones that were used during the case.
The case, which began as a search for missing sex worker Shannon Gilbert, quickly led to the discovery of four additional bodies. All remains were identified as women who advertised themselves as "escorts" on Craigslist.
Within months, another six bodies were found in the area known as Gilgo Beach. Gilbert’s remains were finally found in December 2011, over a year and a half after she went missing. In total, 11 sets of remains were discovered.
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But nearly 10 years later, no arrests have been made and officials have speculated there may be more than one killer involved.
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The locations where eight of 10 bodies were found near Gilgo Beach since December 2010 are seen in this Suffolk County Police handout image released to Reuters on September 20, 2011. REUTERS/Courtesy of Suffolk County Police
Officials say the killer would be someone familiar with the area and knowledgeable about law enforcement techniques.
In June 2021, New York State Senator Phil Boyle demanded more information on the investigation and called on the attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to review the case.
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In a statement to Fox News, the Suffolk County Police Department spokesperson said the Gilgo Beach investigation "continues to be a top priority."
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Fox News' Robert Gearty and Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.
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