SELDOVIA, Alaska (AP) — A small plane crashed into shallow waters next to a remote coastal town in Alaska on Wednesday, killing the four people on board, according to officials.

The Piper PA-24 was heading for the airport in the small coastal town of Seldovia after taking off from Anchorage, according to a statement from the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Seldovia is about 136 miles (219 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.

After it crashed, it was submerged in about 15 feet (4.6 meters) of water in the Seldovia Slough near the shore, said Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief. Troopers had to wait until the tide went out in order to reach it.

The bodies of the four adults are being sent to the medical examiner’s office and their names will not be released until next of kin are notified, according to the department of public safety.

The NTSB is investigating the cause of the crash.

Less than a week earlier, another plane crashed at a remote military site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board. The aircraft had been making its second runway approach in heavy fog and its pilots could not see the gravel airstrip, authorities said.

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