2 US Army Corps of Engineers workers among 8 killed in small plane crash in Alaska near radar site
The National Transportation Safety Board logo and signage are seen at a news conference at NTSB headquarters in Washington, Dec. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees were among eight people killed when a small plane crashed in foggy weather near a remote military radar site on the southwestern coast of Alaska.
The two pilots and six passengers who died in the crash around midday Thursday were not immediately identified. The twin-engine Cessna 441 had taken off from Anchorage and was headed for the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport about 450 miles (725 kilometers) west.