How National Guardsmen in Alaska pulled off two rescues from crashed planes on the same day
Rescue squads raced to two lakes in the wilderness to rescue three people.
BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON | PUBLISHED JUL 30, 2022 3:26 PM
Plane crashes are something people hope to never experience. And for emergency responders plane crashes are dangerous, but rare situations they have to get to fast to save lives. This week the Alaska Air National Guard had to rescue people from a crash. Twice. On the same day.
Wednesday, July 27 was a busy day for the 176th Wing, the biggest unit of the Alaska Air National Guard. First the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center located an emergency signal from two people whose plane crashed near Tustumena Lake, a forested area approximately 70 miles south of the wing’s base at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage. The 176th Wing had to scramble a Pave Hawk helicopter loaded with guardsmen from the 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons.
The crashed Super Cub had two occupants, one who was injured. One of the survivors stayed in communication with the rescue operators, giving them information ahead of their arrival. The guardsmen arrived and transported the pair to a hospital in Anchorage.
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