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NTSB: Lawmaker in plane crash flew despite vision problems

by Associated Press
| August 25, 2020 2:03 PM

An Alaska state lawmaker who was involved in a July midair collision that killed seven people was piloting his plane even though his medical flight certification was denied eight years ago because of vision problems, a federal agency reported Tuesday.

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