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NTSB intensively investigating last week's Ketchikan plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has begun what it describes as a "major investigation" of a fatal float plane crash in Traitors Cove near Ketchikan. The NTSB says there were 9 people on board the 8-seat plane when it crashed on takeoff Thursday evening. Five of those onboard the flightseeing tour died and another four were seriously injured.Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan