A chartered plane crashed in Alaska, killing all eight people on board, including two pilots and six passengers.
The U.S. Armed Forces announced that the plane crashed in the area where the Cape Newenham remote radar site is located. Cape Newenham lies about 725 kilometers west of Anchorage, Alaska’s capital.
The radar network at Cape Newenham
The Cape Newenham radar site is operated by the U.S. Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center. The facility is part of a network of remote radar sites that monitors aircraft operating in Alaskan airspace and border areas.
The purpose of the charter flight and the cause of the crash were not disclosed.