As soon as their little plane took off, it crashed, killing Bush pilot Jim Tweto and an Idaho hunting and fishing guide, according to Alaska State Troopers. Tweto is well-known for playing the lead in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series. In three seasons of the TV show from ten years ago, Tweto’s family-run rural aviation company in Unalakleet was highlighted.
Approximately 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Nome, close to the coastal community of Shaktoolik, he and his passenger Shane Reynolds of Orofino, Idaho, died on Friday, according to the statement.
A Cessna 180 crash was reported 35 miles northeast of Shaktoolik after troopers received word of an SOS activation at 11:48 a.m. on Friday.
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Tweto, who was born in Kansas and raised in Minnesota, moved to Unalakleet where he met his wife Ferno before moving to Alaska to play hockey at the University of Alaska Anchorage. In the Discovery series, which aired in 2011–2012, the couple and their three daughters were highlighted.
Tweto, 68, passed away carrying out his passion, his daughter Ariel wrote on Instagram. She referred the 45-year-old Reynolds as “a wonderful hunting guide and friend of our family.”