||| FROM ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS |||
Authorities said Thursday that searchers several days earlier found the apparent crash site of a missing plane carrying a Haines man and two Yakutat residents flying from Juneau to Yakutat.
The 1948 Beechcraft Bonanza left Juneau on Saturday but never made it to Yakutat. Authorities identified the pilot as Samuel Wright, of Haines, and the passengers as Hans Munich and Tanya Hutchins, owners of Coastal Air Service in Yakutat.
A search that began Sunday in the area of Mount Crillon in the Fairweather Range was suspended late Monday.
Officials confirmed Thursday that the apparent discovery of the crash site was one of the factors that prompted the suspension.
[Editor’s Note: Hans Munich and Tanya Hutchins are former Orcas Island residents.]
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