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No survivors after charter plane with 8 aboard crashes in US' Alaska
The plane had departed from Anchorage and is believed to have crashed while approaching Cape Newenham early on Thursday afternoon, an official said.
A charter aircraft with eight people on board crashed near a remote radar site in western Alaska in the United States on Thursday, killing everyone on board, the US military said.
“This is a devastating loss for our military family and the communities we serve,” said US Air Force Lt Gen. Robert Davis, commander of Alaskan Command, the Alaskan North American aerospace defence command region and Eleventh Air Force.
The aircraft crashed at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, around 450 miles (725 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska.
Earlier, Clint Johnson, the national transportation safety board's Alaska region chief, told news agency Associated Press that the aircraft had two pilots and six passengers on board.
The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center began a search and rescue operation after receiving a report of an "aircraft incident" near the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site.
Further details awaited.
5 Americans among 7 killed in Kenya crash
In a separate incident on Wednesday, a safari helicopter crashed in a remote area of northern Kenya, killing all seven people on board, including five Americans, local police and the US state department said.
Those killed included a Telemundo executive from the US-based Spanish-language network owned by NBCUniversal and the head of Ecuador's national intelligence service.
According to the Kenya civil aviation authority, the helicopter crashed at 9:13 am while travelling from the Loisaba Conservancy to the Ewaso Nyiro area in Samburu County. Six passengers and the pilot were on board. The aviation authority said an investigation into the crash was underway.
Local media reported that the helicopter went down in a rugged area in the foothills of Mount Ololokwe, a popular tourist destination in Kenya.
