'Flying Wild Alaska' pilot and hunting guide die in plane crash

TL;DR
Jim Tweto, the star of Discovery Channel's "Flying Wild Alaska" series, and Shane Reynolds, an Idaho hunting and fishing guide, died in a small plane crash near the coastal village of Shaktoolik, Alaska. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff, and the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Tweto was a co-owner of Hageland Aviation Services and then Era Alaska, which later became Ravn Air Group. Tweto, 68, died doing what he loved, and Reynolds, 45, was a "wonderful hunting guide and friend of our family," according to Tweto's daughter.
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