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Panich52

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Thu Jul 2, 2015, 05:03 PM Jul 2015

Firefighting ties up helicopter needed for recovery of plane in Ketchikan crash

Alaska Dispatch

Firefighting ties up helicopter needed for recovery of plane in Ketchikan crash
  
Wildfires are responsible for the delay in the National Transportation Safety Board’s recovery efforts of the sightseeing plane that crashed and killed nine people Thursday near Ketchikan, an NTSB official said.

Alaska News | Nathaniel Herz
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150630/firefighting-ties-helicopter-needed-recovery-plane-ketchikan-crash


Posted story last week about budget problems forcing grounding/storage of 1 rescue copter...

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