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Plane crashed monday. >> the plane didn't catch fire, which was surprising. the whole area was inundated with fuel, we were actually afraid to use our cutting tools. >> reporter: former alaska senator ted stevens was one of the five people who died. former nasa chief sean o'keefe and his son were among the four survivors. >> they were all conscious and they were all able to speak. i was primarily working on cutting the hole in the airplane. >> reporter: the plane may have crashed because of bad weather. something the ntsb will look into. the impact from the crash was so hard, it left a gash in...

Former ask senator ted stevens among the five people killed when that small plane went down monday night. dan springer is streaming live from anchorage streaming live with news from this story. what will they be looking at here. >> reporter: they will be looking into the weather, it was nasty out toward dillingham. people on the scene saying it was cloudy, low clouds, fog, rain, even wind gusts. these shregters -- investigators are trained to keep an open mind. they'll look at everything, including the history of the pilot. we understand that that pilot was not the regular one for that particu...

100 feet, 150 feet, maybe. >> reporter: as you heard the pilot, he initially doubted that anyone had survived, but he said a rescue helicopter was the next to the site and spotted someone waving from inside the downed plane, and that started the long arduous process of rescuing those four survivors and removing the bodies of the five victims. tony. >> patrick, maybe you can tell us a bit more about where the plane was trying to land. >> reporter: this is a fishing trip that this group was on, and the party was on their way to a lodge not far from here. as you said, tony, this was a float plane...

Alaska senator ted stevens and former head of nasa, sean o'keefe, the two gentlemen were part of a fishing party, headed to a lakefront lodge, we understand, that's owned by gci, a cable television and telecommunications company, very big in alaska. the plane was owned by gci, a haf land twin ottera. well-known, much beloved, much hfd r-used float plane used in alaska and canada, a very powerful plane, capable of carrying quite a large load and lifting off and landing on short strips or in this case, lakes. that's the picture of the haf land otter, the same kind of plane that apparently has be...

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