- All eight people aboard a Cessna 441 charter flight operated by Security Aviation were killed when the aircraft crashed at a remote military radar installation in western Alaska on Thursday.
- The flight departed from Anchorage International Airport carrying two pilots and six passengers before crashing at approximately 12:15 p.m. local time while approaching the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport.
- The radar site is managed by the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center. It’s part of a network of remote radar sites that tracks aircraft operating in Alaska’s airspace and along its borders, the Alaskan Command said.
- “This is a devastating loss for our military family and the communities we serve,” U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Davis, commander of Alaskan Command, the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and Eleventh Air Force, said in a statement.
- Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Nick Begich issued statements offering prayers and support to the families of the victims and praising the swift response of search and recovery teams.
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