On January 5 there was a horrible airplane accident and it was just about 2 miles from where we live. There was a Piper PA-31 that took off from the Kodiak airport and quickly realized there was a problem. The plane turned around to land but crashed less than 100m from the runway in the water. It is amazing that 4 out of the 10 people on the plane survived. A nearby pilot was able to pick up the four survivors on his float plane. The victims were from outside of Homer and were heading home for Orthodox Christmas. All of the passengers were fishermen based out of Kodiak. The pilot was a former Army and Coast Guard pilot. They think the luggage door opened and flew in to the propeller.
Ryan and I heard the sirens, but had no idea what had happened. This kind of thing hits the small community of Kodiak hard. The pilot was a friend of my principal's. His memorial packed the high school auditorium. The owner of the airline is one of our student's father. Just sad news for everybody.
Here is the full story:
http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=5662
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