A small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff.
, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday.
Peltola and one of the hunters talked about the weather and wind, which was "intermittently variable and gusting," and Peltola was told the gusts were stronger at the departure end of the airstrip, according to the report.
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