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2010 Alaska plane crash
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 OtterA de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbo Otter, similar to the aircraft involved in the crash
Accident
DateAugust 9, 2010
SummaryUnder investigation
SiteNear Aleknagik
59°22′11″N 158°48′31″W / 59.36972°N 158.80861°W / 59.36972; -158.80861
Aircraft
Aircraft typede Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
OperatorGeneral Communication
RegistrationN455A
Flight originNerka Lake, Alaska
DestinationAleknagik Lake, Alaska
Passengers9 (including crew)
Fatalities5
Injuries4
Survivors4

The 2010 Alaska plane crash was a fatal accident that occurred on August 9, 2010, when a privately operated floatplane crashed near Aleknagik, Alaska, killing five of the nine passengers and crew. The fatalities included former United States Senator for Alaska Ted Stevens, while the survivors included former Administrator of NASA and current CEO of EADS North America, Sean O'Keefe, and his son. The aircraft, a de Havilland Canada single-engined turboprop-driven DHC-3T Turbo-Otter registered to GCI Communication Corp, crashed on a mountainside while en-route to a lodge on Lake Aleknagik from a GCI‑owned lodge on Lake Nerka. Stevens and O'Keefe had been on a fishing trip when their airplane was reported overdue. The wreckage was quickly located after an aerial search, but rescue efforts were hampered by poor weather. The cause of the crash is unknown and under investigation.

Accident

The float-plane crashed at around 7pm Alaska Daylight Time (UTC-8), 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Aleknagik, Alaska. After it was reported that the aircraft had not landed as scheduled, other pilots launched a search and located the wreckage on a 40-degree slope in the mountainous Dillingham region. The aircraft had left a GCI‑owned site on Lake Nerka at 2 pm, and was flying towards Lake Aleknagik's Agulowak Lodge according to the FAA. The flight was being conducted under visual flight rules and was not monitored by radar at the time of the accident, since there is no such coverage in the area under 4000 feet.

Rescue efforts

The Alaska Air National Guard reached the crash site by helicopter 10 hours later and said that rain and fog in the area hampered rescue and recovery efforts. Five people, including a physician, were reportedly already at the crash site helping the passengers out of the wreckage when rescue teams arrived, though it is unknown how these people got to the site.

A spokesperson for the Alaska National Guard said that rescuers were giving medical aid to survivors of the crash, and that three survivors were being airlifted to an Anchorage hospital.

Passengers

The float-plane was carrying nine passengers and crew. It is reported that five of the passengers died and two more were badly injured, with the last two suffering only minor injuries. Among the five fatalities was former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. He had served as a Republican Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. A teenage boy was forced to spend the night with his father who died in the crash. Also among the fatalities were a GCI executive and her 16 year old daughter. Among the survivors were former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and his teenage son, who both sustained non-life threatening injuries but were listed in critical and serious conditions respectively the night after the crash. Stevens and O'Keefe had been fishing together before, and had been planning a fishing trip to a site near Dillingham at the time of the crash. This was the second aircraft crash in which Stevens was a passenger: he survived a crash at Anchorage International Airport in 1978 that killed his first wife.

Investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sent a team to the site of the accident to investigate the cause of the crash.

References

  1. "Reports: Former Sen. Ted Stevens in Alaska Plane Crash". PBS Newshour.
  2. ^ By the CNN Wire Staff. "Former U.S. senator may have been on plane that crashed in Alaska". CNN.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Rescuers At Ted Stevens Alaska Crash Site". NPR. August 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "Ex-NASA chief O'Keefe survives Alaska crash that killed Stevens". USA Today. August 10, 2010.
  5. "Former Senator Ted Stevens Is in Plane Crash". New York Times. August 10, 2010.
  6. Murphy, Kim (August 10, 2010). "Alaska plane crash: Former Sen. Ted Stevens feared dead in Alaska plane crash". latimes.com.
  7. ^ ""Former Senator Ted Stevens dies in Alaska plane crash" - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. December 14, 2004. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  8. BECKY BOHRER (August 10, 2010). "The Associated Press: Rescuers arrive to help Alaska plane crash victims". Google.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  9. "Plane carrying ex-Sen. Stevens crashes-TODAYshow.com". Today.msnbc.msn.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  10. "Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dies in plane crash". Associated Press. August 10, 2010.
  11. "NTSB summary - 4 Dec 1978 mishap at ANC".
  12. "Former Senator Ted Stevens Is in Plane Crash". New York Times. August 10, 2010. NTSB said it was sending a team of investigators to the crash site

External links

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External images
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image icon Photos of N455A at JetPhotos.net
image icon Photos of N455A at Flickr

Former US Senator Ted Stevens dies in plane crash at Wikinews

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