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NTSB LAUNCHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN ALASKA

National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

August 10, 2010

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched
a Go Team to investigate last night’s airplane crash near
Dillingham, Alaska.

At about 8:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time, a DeHavilland
DHC-3T (N455A) crashed 10 miles northwest of Aleknagik,
Alaska. Reports are that 5 of the 9 persons on board died
in the accident.

Senior air safety investigator Clint Johnson, from the
NTSB’s Anchorage regional office, will serve as
Investigator-in-Charge. He will be assisted by
investigators from the Alaska office and from NTSB
headquarters in Washington, D.C.

NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman is accompanying the
team and will serve as spokesperson for the on-scene
investigation. Terry Williams is the NTSB press officer
traveling with the team. The full team is expected to
arrive in Dillingham around mid-day today.

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