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Ben Townsend is the news director at our partner station KNOM in Nome. Reach him at ben.townsend@knom.org

Ben Townsend

Rural Alaska

NTSB says plane to Nome that crashed, killing 10, was overweight

Ben Townsend, KNOM and Chris Klint, AKPM

The passenger plane that crashed near Nome last month, killing all 10 people on board, was hundreds of pounds overweight, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.