No injuries reported after plane damaged on runway
April 22nd 4:50 pm |
Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News
Passenger plane struck chunk of ice, gravel after landing in Chignik Lagoon
A passenger plane was damaged after it struck a chunk of ice and frozen gravel after landing Friday morning in Chignik Lagoon, an official for the airline said.
The Lake Clark Air Beechcraft 99 airliner left Merrill Field Airport and landed in Chignik Lagoon just after 10 a.m., said Glen Alsworth Jr., chief pilot for the company.
"There was a chunk of ice and frozen gravel in the middle of the runway that wasn't visible to the pilot until he was right on top of it," Alsworth said.