NTSB: 10 Killed in Alaska Plane Crash

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say an air taxi has crashed at the Soldotna Airport in Alaska, killing all 10 people on board.

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Clint Johnson says the pilot and nine passengers were killed in the crash at the airport late Sunday morning.

Meagan Peters of Alaska State Troopers says the fixed-wing aircraft was fully engulfed in flames before firefighters could get to the plane. The victims have not yet been identified.

The accident happened around 11:20 a.m. Johnson said initial reports had the accident happening as the plane took off.

The NTSB identified the aircraft in a release Sunday as a de Havilland Otter Air Taxi. The NTSB is sending a team to investigate the crash.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/police-fatal-plane-crash-alaska-airport

[Cali_Democrat]

1. WOW...another plane crash?

[HowHasItComeToThis]

3. THEY GO IN THREES

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[bluedigger]

2. Shit.

I got a friend working up there and flying around the back country.

[jberryhill]

4. The de Havilland otter

[CreekDog]

5. I flew one of those out of Juneau

after a lot of turbulence, the pilot told us, "it's going to get bumpy now".

[jberryhill]

6. I fly a lot...

But I don't know if I could get into anything that was going to land on water. It seems like a recipe for nosing under.

I'd love to see Alaska, though.

[Hissyspit]

7. Alaska is amazing.

[Franker65]

8. Another Crash!?

No fatal civilian crashes in the US since 2009 and now we have two. Terrible.