Plane carrying 8 passengers crashes
Eight people have died after a civilian-contracted aircraft crashed at a remote United States Air Force facility in Alaska, military authorities have confirmed.
The aircraft went down at the airport serving a long-range radar site in Cape Newenham, located on Alaska’s southwestern tip.
The facility is used by the US military to monitor aircraft operating within Alaskan airspace.
According to the Alaskan Command, rescue teams reached the crash site after the incident but found no survivors.
The circumstances surrounding the crash were not immediately known.
Military authorities have not released the identities or nationalities of the eight people who were on board.
They also did not provide details about the purpose of the flight or the activities the passengers and crew were carrying out at the radar facility.
An investigation has been launched to determine what caused the aircraft to crash.
Officials said the victims’ identities would be made public after their families had been informed.
The crash has brought mourning to the military community and the communities connected to the remote facility.
Authorities said the people on board were professionals involved in duties at the Alaska site, where operations can be carried out under difficult conditions.
Officials are expected to provide further information as investigators continue examining the crash site and working to establish the events that led to the accident.
