Legendary Alaska bush pilot Jim Tweto dies in plane crash.
TL;DR
Jim Tweto, the star of the documentary series Flying Wild Alaska, died in a plane crash along with his passenger, Shane Reynolds, in Alaska. Tweto, a bush pilot, was flying his Cessna 180 when it crashed about 35 miles north-east of Shaktoolik. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. Tweto's daughter, Ariel Tweto, wrote on Instagram that her father died doing what he loved.
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