A small Cessna 441 charter plane operated by a private company crashed Thursday afternoon near a remote military-managed radar site in western Alaska. The aircraft crashed on approach to the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, located approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage.
All eight people on board the aircraft died in the accident. The group consisted of two pilots and six passengers.
The flight had taken off from Anchorage prior to the crash on the remote cape in southwest Alaska. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center launched a search and rescue mission after receiving reports of the aircraft incident.