
Alaska plane that crashed and left 10 dead was more than 1,000 pounds over the weight limit, NTSB finds
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The Bering Air flight that recently crashed in sea ice off Alaska, killing 10, was found by the NTSB to be more than 1,000 pounds over the weight limit for conditions at the time.
"Post-accident examination of the airplane contents indicated that the baggage and cargo weighed approximately 798 lbs. Based on that information, the airplane’s estimated gross takeoff weight at departure was about 9,865 lbs, which was about 1,058 lbs over the maximum takeoff gross weight for flight into known or forecast icing conditions," the NTSB said in a preliminary report this week. Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
"The final satellite tracking data point corresponded to a time of 1520:17 and an altitude of 200 ft," it added.
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