Authorities identify 2 people killed in Alaska plane crash by The Associated Press Last Updated Feb 12, 2021 at 9:58 am EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska State Troopers have identified two people killed in last week’s crash of a small plane in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Pilot Christopher Maize, 45, of Anchorage and Glennallen and 36-year-old Andrew Broders of Washington state died in the Feb. 4 crash, authorities said. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center was notified just when an emergency locator transmitter was activated in the Cessna 185. The aircraft, which also carried U.S. mail, was flying from Gulkana to McCarthy. The plane fell in a remote, forested area about 13 miles (21 kilometres) northeast of Chitina.