The dense timberlands in a small town near West Yellowstone, Montana, concealed the wreckage of a small plane until an unlikely beacon — a victim’s smartwatch — helped search-and-rescue crews locate the crash site,

All three on board were found dead after the plane went down Friday after taking off from West Yellowstone Airport, authorities said.

Search teams located the scene of an airplane crash near Yellowstone National Park using the last known location of a smart watch from one of the three victims