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Peninsula Clarion via Reuters Police and emergency personnel stand near the remains of the plane that crashed Sunday at the Soldotna, Alaska, airport, killing 10 people, including nine members of two South Carlina families..
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The plane, a de Havilland DH3 Otter, crashed Sunday as it was leaving the airport in Soldotna , about 70 miles southwest of Anchorage. The families were on the last leg of their 10-day Alaskan vacation, headed for a bear-viewing lodge in Chinitna Bay.
At a briefing for reporters Tuesday, Earl Weener, the National Transportation Safety Board member leading the investigation, offered little information, saying his team wouldn't "speculate or offer analysis until we gather all the facts."
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