Charter plane crashes in western Alaska, killing all 8 on board - CNN

A plane charted by the US Army Corps of Engineers crashed in the fog near a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board, federal aviation and military officials said. The Cessna 441 Conquest II departed Anchorage and was headed to Cape Newenham Airport, about 450 miles to the southwest, when it went down near its destination around 12:15 p.m. Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said, according to preliminary information. Two pilots, two members of the Army Corps of Engineers and four contractors were on board the charter flight operated by the company Security Aviation, according to Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief. Search and rescue crews examined the wreckage and determined there were no survivors, the Air Force said.