A small aircraft carrying 10 people owned by south-central alaska based Servant Air, crashed just off the Kodiak island, taking the lives of 5 people, officials said.

The plane crashed suddenly after take off around 1:48 pm, states the coast guard. A private plane owned by a fish company pulled at least four people from the water crash site.

Four of the grateful passengers are in stable condition at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center.

The plane was on it’s way to Homer, a short flight north, on the Kenai Peninsula, according to Kodiak radio station KMXT.

Over 20 million travelers will be getting early gifts delivered by the post office this holiday season: an announcement from a New York federal court about the possibility of refunds for some of the foreign currency exchange fees they paid while using a Diners Club, MasterCard or Visa ATM, credit or debit card between Feb 1, 1996, and Nov. 8, 2006.
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