Searchers recover black box recorder of missing Alaska plane

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The owners of an air ambulance that disappeared in Alaska with three people on board in January say searchers have recovered the plane’s black box recorder.

Guardian Flight officials said Tuesday that a landing gear and engine of the King Air 200 also were located in the waters of Fredrick Sound, but they have not been recovered.

The company, based in Utah, says it continues its search for the three people on the plane. It disappeared Jan. 29 flying to pick up a patient in the southeast community of Kake.

The pilot, flight nurse and flight paramedic were Guardian Flight employees.

The Coast Guard searched hundreds of square miles (kilometres) before suspending its search Jan. 31.

An aircraft wing and other debris were found at the search site.