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Volcanoes, plane crashes, and doubt.

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BUTTE, Montana (CNN) -- The father of one of the families on a private airplane was piloting when the flight crashed into a cemetery, killing all 14 people on board, federal investigators said Monday. Investigators have not named the victims. St. Helena Hospital in St. Helena, California, said an ophthalmologist who worked there was killed, along with his family ( Mount St. HELENS was last major volcano in us, St. Helena is a volcanic island.) . "The St. Helena Hospital family is filled with such deep sadness over the deaths of Dr. Erin Jacobson, his wife Amy, and their three children, Taylor, Ava and Jude," the hospital said in a written statement, adding, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of each victim of this terrible tragedy." The Napa Valley Register reported that the Jacobson children were 4, 3, and 2 years of age. Seven adults and seven children were on the plane traveling for a ski vacation, investigators said. They did not...