Rescuers who landed near the crash site \u2018confirmed there were no survivors\u2019.<\/p>\n
Published On 21 Aug 202621 Aug 2026<\/p>\n
Eight people have been killed as a charter plane crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska, according to the United States military.<\/p>\n
The civilian-contracted Cessna 441, operated by Anchorage-based air charter company Security Aviation, crashed west of Cape Newenham LRRS Airport on Thursday at about 20:15 GMT, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Rescuers who landed near the crash site \u201cconfirmed there were no survivors\u201d, according to a statement by the Alaskan Command.<\/p>\n
It did not say what those on board were doing at the radar site, which tracks aircraft operating in Alaskan airspace.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said\u00a0Alaskan Command was investigating the crash and would name the dead after their families had been informed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a devastating loss for our military family and the communities we serve,\u201d Alaskan Command chief Robert Davis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese individuals were dedicated professionals carrying out a vital mission in a demanding environment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board\u2019s Alaska region chief, said earlier on Thursday evening that two pilots and six passengers were on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rescuers who landed near the crash site \u2018confirmed there were no survivors\u2019. Published On 21 Aug 202621 Aug…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1014945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13021,51,5022,1802,50,52,67],"class_list":["post-1014944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-aviation","tag-headlines","tag-investigation","tag-military","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-united-states"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117133688865259693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}