It was around 12:30 p.m. when the Beechcraft King Air 300 began its approach into a small airport in Chinle, Arizona. The winds were strong, but the skies were blue and clear in every direction as the CSI Aviation plane descended.

Pilot Jeffrey Tuning, 66, and copilot Amanda Benson, 25, Tuning’s stepdaughter, were at the controls as paramedic Nick Mancuso and nurse Kameilia Chavez sat in the back — prepared to treat and transport a patient back to Albuquerque.

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