david faber tonight. david, thank you for your reporting. >>> about this week's plane crash in alaska, we are learning about what happened and about both the survivors and the first rescuers who reached the scene. nbc's miguel almaguer joins us from anchorage with more on this tonight. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: ann, good evening. ntsb investigators say it's too dangerous to get to the crash site where former senator ted stevens and four others were killed. when rescuers returned from the scene they were said to be covered in mud from eyebrows to their boots. still, we are learning more about the crash and the hours that followed it. the de havilland otter, down but mostly intact, was spotted by rescuers three hours after it crashed into a hillside monday. tom tucker transported medical personnel to the crash site. >> the front of the airplane was nonexistent. pretty much gone. >> reporter: the doomed flight took off from southwest alaska in fog and rain close to 3:00 p.m. local time, departing fo

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