HAINES, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers have released the name of a California man killed in a weekend airplane crash south of Haines, Alaska.
Troopers say the crash Saturday morning killed 29-year-old Stanley Su Quoc Nguyen of Garden Grove, California.
He was a passenger in a plane piloted by 29-year-old David Kunat of Juneau, who also died.
A second passenger, 31-year-old Chan Valentine of Juneau, survived and was transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau.
The crash occurred near Glacier Point about 10 miles south of Haines.
A witness told troopers the Piper PA-30 twin engine airplane took off from an air strip. The airplane made a hard right turn to the east, stalled and struck the ground.
Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded by boat and private helicopters flew to the scene.
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