Nine passengers and the pilot died when a de Havilland Otter AirTaxi crashed on take off from the Soldotna Airport in the KenaiPeninsula of Alaska
Rediske Air operated several de Havilland DHC-3 Otter single-engineplanes (pictured). The plane that crashed was capable of carrying20 people
The plane burst into flames when it crashed and had to beextinguished by firefighters from Soldotna
The National Transportation Safety Board has scrambled a 'go team'to investigate the cause of the crash, which is said to haveclaimed the life of the owner of Rediske Air, a plane chartercompany
The crash occurred about 65 miles from Anchorage on the KenaiPeninsula