Alaska Plane Crash Kills 8

A charter plane crashed in heavy fog in western Alaska, killing all eight people aboard.

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Charter plane crashes amid heavy fog in Alaska, killing all eight onboard

Small Plane Crashes in Western Alaska, Killing Eight

Two US Army Corps of Engineers employees among 8 killed in Alaska charter plane crash

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A chartered Cessna 441 crashed near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport in western Alaska around 12:15 p.m. local time Thursday, killing all eight people aboard. The flight had departed Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport for the remote military radar site about 450 miles west of Anchorage. The aircraft was on its second approach to a gravel runway in heavy fog, and the two pilots were flying by instruments when contact was lost. The dead included two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees, two pilots and four contractors; the FAA and NTSB are investigating.

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