After 5 days, still no sign of missing plane near Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

The search for a missing plane with three people on board, near Anchorage, Alaska, continued into a fifth day Wednesday with still no signs of life.

The last contact with the four-seat propeller-driven plane was at about 8:30 p.m. Friday. The last known coordinates of the aircraft were at a point about three miles offshore between Moose Point and Point Possession in Gompertz Channel north of Cook Inlet, about 10 to 15 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Six Civil Air Patrol aircraft were searching Wednesday. At least three of them were equipped with floats for landing on water, said Mike Haller, a spokesman for the Rescue Coordination Center in Anchorage.

A flight plan was not filed, but it was believed the plane was headed back to Anchorage when it disappeared.