It isn’t yet clear what specific role the weight might have played in the Bering Air Cessna Caravan’s crash, and whether other factors were involved.

A commuter plane that fell from the sky as it flew over Alaska’s Norton Sound last month was more than 1,000 pounds overweight at the time of takeoff, according to a preliminary report released by

The Alaska commuter plane that disappeared last month before its wreck was discovered with all 10 onboard dead was more than 1,000 pounds overweight at the time of takeoff, according to details of a preliminary investigation released Wednesday.