Bush pilot’s Cessna 180 crashed on Friday near Shaktoolik, Alaska, killing Tweto and his passenger
The bush pilot Jim Tweto, well known as the star of the early 2010s documentary series Flying Wild Alaska on Discovery, died in a plane crash on Friday.
The crash which killed Tweto, 68, and passenger occurred about 35 miles north-east of Shaktoolik, Alaska.
Alaksa state troopers said they were notified that Tweto’s Cessna 180 crashed at about 11.50am. People reportedly saw the airplane take off, but it failed to climb to altitude before crashing.
