Kodiak Plane Crash
On January 5, 2008 a privately-chartered plane carrying 10 passengers crashed into water soon after it took off from a small landing strip near Kodiak, Alaska. It traveled between 50 and 100 yards from the strip before it crashed. The fuselage became submerged, trapping many of the passengers.
Fast Facts
- Airline: Servant Air
- Privately-chartered flight
- Departed from: Small landing strip on Kodiak Island, Alaska
- Destination: Homer, Alaska
- Type of plane: Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftan
- Crash site location: Small harbor off of Kodiak Island
- Cause of crash: Mechanical failure
- Passengers: 9
- Crew on board: 1
- Survivors: 4
- Four died on impact
- One died while swimming to shore
- One died in the hospital1
Victims
- Robin Starrett (Pilot), 50
- Stefan F. Basargin, 36
- Pavel F. Basargin, 30
- Zahary F. Martushev, 25
- Iosif F. Martushev, 15
- Andrian Reutov, 22
Fishing Trip
All nine passengers were members of the Russian Orthodox Church. They were visiting Kodiak Island for a group fishing trip, and were heading home to Homer, Alaska in time to celebrate Eastern Orthodox Christmas on January 7.2
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