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Correction: Alaska-Small Plane-Crash story

Jul 11, 2023, 3:17 PM | Updated: Jul 12, 2023, 2:24 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a story published July 11, 2023, about a plane crash that killed Alaska bush pilot Jim Tweto, The Associated Press quoted Clint Johnson with the National Transportation Safety Board as saying the plane struck a tree, rendering its vertical stabilizer inoperative. The strike damaged the plane’s left horizontal stabilizer.

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Correction: Alaska-Small Plane-Crash story