Press Release - LIFEMED CRASH AT UNALASKA AIRPORT

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Marjie Veeder, Acting City Manager                                                                   
City of Unalaska
(907) 581-1251 – telephone
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LIFEMED CRASH AT UNALASKA AIRPORT

Unalaska, Alaska, January 16, 2020, 9:14 a.m.

At approximately 8:00 a.m. this morning a LifeMed medevac King Air aircraft crashed on takeoff from the Unalaska Airport. The aircraft is in the water between the end of the runway and Hog Island in Unalaska Bay. The cause of the crash is not known at this time.

All three (3) passengers on board the aircraft were evacuated to the City of Unalaska’s Ports Vessel Tidebreaker and were delivered to the Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor and then transported by ambulance to the Iliuliuk Family Health Services Clinic.

The NTSB was notified.

Updated information will be provided as it becomes available.