SAND POINT, Alaska — The bodies of two pilots whose plane crashed Friday near Sand Point have been found.
State police spokeswoman Megan Peters said the wreckage of the ACE Air Beechcraft 1900C was found Sunday off Sand Point and divers were able to identify the bodies of Ameer Ali and Emily Lewis.
The Coast Guard said the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from the Sand Point airport. The plane had been bound for Anchorage with a load of fish and mail.
A spokeswoman for the Lewis family said Emily Lewis grew up in the Seattle area and was engaged to be married this year. Ellie Materi said the family would like people to know that Lewis “was a funny, sweet, wonderful person who always loved flying.”
The 28-year-old Ali grew up in New York and came to Alaska after serving as a flight mechanic in the Marines.
Information from: KTUU-TV, www.ktuu.com
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