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The husband of US Representative Mary Sattler Peltola died in a single-engine Piper PA-18 crash in Alaska, her office and US agencies said on Wednesday (local time).
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the plane crashed shortly after take off near St Mary’s, Alaska, around 8:45 pm on Tuesday. Only Peltola’s husband, who was the pilot, was on board.
Peltola’s office on Wednesday confirmed the death of Eugene Peltola Jr.
Alaska has a disproportionate number of small fatal plane crashes, in part because of the mountainous terrain that prompts people to fly to reach remote destinations.
Former US Senator Ted Stevens and three others died in a 2010 plane crash in Alaska.
