Federal investigators are hoping for a break in stormy weather Wednesday in the wilderness of southwestern Alaska so they can access the site of the plane crash that killed U.S. senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and four others.
Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told CNN that her team will search for “avionics or other devices that may have memory” to help determine why the ruby-red 1957 DeHavilland floatplane collided with a remote mountainside on Monday afternoon.
Full story: Weather will determine when investigators can access plane crash site