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Ringangleclaw
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PostMon Aug 06, 2018 5:36 pm 
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K2 has crashed their DeHaviland Beaver on Thunder Peak with a full load of Polish tourists. Many to all are presumed deceased. https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/aviation/2018/08/06/search-resumes-for-flightseeing-plane-that-crashed-near-denali-no-word-on-pilot-or-passengers/

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 12:52 pm 
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Bummer. Ive done that flight with them in one of their otters. Its an awesome flight into some amazing territory, but the terrain is... seriously unforgiving. Now that I think about it, I am not sure I have ever been afraid on an airplane before or since, and that includes some poor decision making inside florida thunderstorms. But being that close(and even miles away sure seemed close) to some of those mighty alpine walls... it raised the hair on the back of my neck, that's for sure.

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 1:15 pm 
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Damn...sad day. RIP all frown.gif

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 3:07 pm 
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Wow. Sorry to hear. Bad news. Tourists help those businesses and the costs of climbers who fly into Kahiltna. Maybe I am wrong, isn't this Mt. Hunter? The article says Thunder Mtn.

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 3:38 pm 
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The article is really confusing. How did the pilot survive? Did he jettison?

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 3:52 pm 
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Foist wrote:
The article is really confusing. How did the pilot survive? Did he jettison?
There were no survivors.

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 3:55 pm 
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So how do you explain these lines?
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The plane's pilot survived the crash, and made contact twice before communications ended. ... Layson was able to make two calls by satellite phone in the hour after the crash and reported injuries before communication with the plane ended.
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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 3:57 pm 
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Stefan wrote:
Maybe I am wrong, isn't this Mt. Hunter? The article says Thunder Mtn.
On Supertopo, where those those in the know are, the consensus is that it was in fact on Thunder Mountain. http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=3112649&msg=3112846#msg3112846

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 4:05 pm 
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Foist wrote:
So how do you explain these lines?
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The plane's pilot survived the crash, and made contact twice before communications ended. ... Layson was able to make two calls by satellite phone in the hour after the crash and reported injuries before communication with the plane ended.
He survived for at least an hour, but all are believed to have died on impact or soon after. All subsequent articles have referred to all as having died.

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 4:06 pm 
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Someone can survive a crash, or any accident, and succumb later to their injuries or to weather.

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PostThu Aug 09, 2018 4:24 pm 
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They can, but nowhere in the article does it say explicitly that he did. And other parts of the article say that when the ranger inspected the scene, it appeared everyone died on impact and didn't move after the crash. I guess he was so injured that he was unable to move anywhere, and then died? The article is terribly written. It skims over the most interesting part of the story and makes you piece it together. I expect better from a Wasilla reporter named "Zaz." winksmile.gif

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PostFri Aug 10, 2018 10:14 am 
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I guess he was so injured that he was unable to move anywhere, and then died?
That is the impression i got. Doesnt sound like he lasted long. Hard to set down lightly in terrain like that.

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PostSat Aug 11, 2018 12:41 pm 
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Mark Westman has posted some new photos on SuperTopo, and it looks like recovery will be very very difficult. http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/3112649/Multiple-Fatality-Plane-Crash-in-Denali-National-Park

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PostSat Aug 11, 2018 5:00 pm 
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That's sad. RIP. Thread title confused me, thought a beaver killed someone like what happened to that russian guy who got bit in an artery and bled out.

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