GREAT FALLS — The Powell County Sheriff's Office says that three people died when a small plane crashed in the Bob Marshall Wilderness on Friday, October 17, 2025.

The agency said in a news release that at about 4:30 p.m., it received a report of a possible downed aircraft.

The last known location was in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in northern Powell County.

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At about 9 a.m. on Saturday, an Air Force helicopt

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