Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens & former NASA Chief Sean O’Keefe were on board deadly plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska Monday night

Deadly airplane crash near Dillingham, Alaska Monday night in Alaska - NTSB says 5 of 9 onboard dead - Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and former NASA Chief Sean O’Keefe were on board, their condition unknown
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
11:30am CDT
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NTSB LAUNCHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN ALASKA
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The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a Go Team to investigate last night's airplane crash near Dillingham, Alaska.
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At about 8:00pm Alaska Daylight Time, a DeHavilland DHC-3T (N455A) crashed 10 miles northwest of Aleknagik, Alaska. Reports are that 5 of the 9 persons on board died in the accident.
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Senior air safety investigator Clint Johnson, from the NTSB's Anchorage regional office, will serve as Investigator-in-Charge. He will be assisted by investigators from the Alaska office and from NTSB headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman is accompanying the team and will serve as spokesperson for the on-scene investigation. Terry Williams is the NTSB press officer traveling with the team. The full team is expected to arrive in Dillingham around mid-day today.
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Contact information for the team will be released when it is available...

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NTSB Press Contact:
(In Washington)
Keith Holloway
keith.holloway@ntsb.gov
202-314-6100 / 202-314-6100
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NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board
http://www.ntsb.gov/
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-- UPDATE --
11:50am CDT
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* Local Alaska news agencies are now sadly reporting that former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens is one of the dead
But...
> Source of KTUU report that Stevens is dead says he isn't sure
Read more HERE
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-- UPDATE --

6:50pm CDT

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Family spokesman confirms Ted Stevens was among the five reported dead - Former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and his son, Kevin have been reported as injured

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* FoxNews.com brings us the following report that goes in part like this... Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history and a tireless advocate for his state, was killed Monday in a plane crash southwest of Anchorage... Former chief of staff Mitch Rose, a spokesman for the family, confirmed to Fox News that Stevens was among the five dead. He was 86...

Read the rest HERE

Above link has news video

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