Four crew members of Seattle-based Alaska Ranger died , Coast Guard says . `` Without a survival suit , generally your survival time is less than 30 minutes , '' he said . The men were on a helicopter that was flying over the area when it crashed in bad weather about 30 miles from Anchorage. Boat was about 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor in remote Aleutian Islands .
Four crew members of Seattle-based Alaska Ranger died , Coast Guard says . The men were on a helicopter that was flying over the area when it crashed in bad weather about 30 miles from Anchorage. Boat was about 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor in remote Aleutian Islands .