Helicopter Crash Site in Sitka Remains Closed for U.S. Coast Guard Investigation
The U.S. Forest Service says the area stays closed to vehicles while investigators and salvage crews work at the crash site.
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Helicopter crash site in Sitka remains closed for U.S. Coast Guard investigation
Harbor Mountain Road is now open to pedestrians. This is an updated closure area map. (Map courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service) Updated on 6-26-26 at 1:30 p.m. Harbor Mountain Road is now open to pedestrian traffic, according to the U.S. Forest Service. But it remains closed to vehicles while the U.S. Coast Guard continues its investigation of the area where a helicopter from Air Station Sitka went down on Monday (6-22-26). Coast Guard and local…
US Coast Guard helicopter crashes near Sitka; four crew members reported safe
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed near Sitka during a routine training flight on Monday morning, with the four crew members aboard rescued and brought to Mount Edgecumbe Medical Center, according to officials. In an updated press release on Monday afternoon, the Coast Guard reported that all four crew members are safe with non-serious injuries. “We are incredibly relieved our cre...
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