Man, 2 juveniles rescued from plane wreckage hours after crashing in Alaska

A antheral and 2 juveniles were rescued from the wreckage of a tiny level adjacent Homer, Alaska, that had been reported overdue the nighttime before, according to officials.

Alaska State Troopers said they received an alert astatine astir 10:30 p.m. connected Sunday that a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser craft was overdue and had not arrived astatine its destination.

It was suspected that the level could beryllium located successful the Kenai Mountains and Tustumena Lake, which are located eastbound of Homer.

Rescue efforts instantly began and progressive the Rescue Coordination Center and Coast Guard AC-130, portion an Air Guard C-130 and HH-60 chopper remained connected standby.

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A antheral and 2 juveniles were rescued from the wreckage of a level that crashed adjacent connected the Kenai Peninsula successful Alaska, adjacent Homer. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A bully Samaritan craft located the level wreckage adjacent the eastbound broadside of Tustumena Lake connected Monday morning.

The Alaska Army National Guard rescued the big and 2 juvenile passengers from the level astatine astir 10:30 a.m., and they were transported to a Kenai Peninsula infirmary to beryllium treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

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 A glacier is seen successful the Kenai Mountains connected September 06, 2019 adjacent Primrose, Alaska. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey person been studying the glaciers successful the country since 1966 and their studies amusement that the warming clime has resulted successful sustained glacial wide nonaccomplishment arsenic melting outpaced the accumulation of caller snowfall and ice. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Troopers noted that each 3 radical who were rescued from the wreckage were contiguous household members.

The 60,000-acre Tustumena Lake has been described by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game arsenic "notorious for its abrupt unsafe winds."

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Homer is simply a Kenai Peninsula assemblage located astir 220 miles (354 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.