Plane crashes in boggy area near Anchorage's Lake Hood

The four people aboard a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver survived after their plane reportedly lost power shortly after taking off from a runway at Anchorage's Lake Hood Sunday evening. The wheel-equipped plane took off from a gravel strip sometime after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, said John Parrott, the manager of the Ted Stevens International Airport. "It crashed in a boggy area north of the runway," he said. (www.adn.com) Mehr...