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NTSB releases preliminary report on Alaska crash
August 25, 2010 8:29 AM
Federal investigators say the plane carrying former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens had its emergency beacon separate from its mounting bracket when the aircraft crashed into a remote southwest Alaska mountainside earlier this month. The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report on the Aug. 9 crash also says that the... more » -
Weather is a focus of crash probe
August 11, 2010 9:36 AM
Federal investigators say weather is one factor they'll examine as they try determine the cause of Monday's plane crash in Alaska that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others. Rescuers managed to reach the site just hours after the crash, but they and the four survivors were forced... more » -
Sen. Ted Stevens confirmed dead in plane crash
August 10, 2010 2:28 PM
A spokesman for the family of Ted Stevens says the former senator has died in a plane crash in Alaska. Mitch Rose tells The Associated Press that the family had been notified that the 86-year-old Stevens was among those killed. Five of the nine people aboard the plane... more » -
Military rescuers arrive at Alaska plane crash
August 10, 2010 12:05 PM
An Alaska official says military rescuers have arrived at the scene of a plane crash in southwest Alaska. Authorities say the plane was carrying nine people, and that five were believed to be dead. Former Sen. Ted Stevens and ex-NASA chief Sean O'Keefe were believed to be aboard,... more » -
Former senator, former NASA chief aboard crashed plane
August 10, 2010 9:40 AM
A plane that crashed in Alaska has at least two high-profile passengers aboard. A U.S. government official says former Sen. Ted Stevens is believed to have been aboard the plane. And defense contractor EADS says that one of its executives, former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe was also aboard. ... more »
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