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NTSB ADVISORY ************************************************************ National
Transportation Safety Board Washington, DC
20594 August 10, 2010 ************************************************************ NTSB LAUNCHES
TEAM TO INVESTIGATE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
IN ALASKA ************************************************************ 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. Contact
information for the team will be released when it is available. - 30 - NTSB Press
Contact: (In Washington) Keith
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