Update: Family confirms Former Sen. Ted Stevens Died in Alaska Plane Crash
Prop Plane Went Down in Remote Area; 5 of 9 Aboard Killed; Former NASA Administrator, Son, Said to Have Survived
(ABC News) - Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, 86, died in a plane crash in southwest Alaska, a spokesman for the Stevens' family confirmed to ABC News today.
Five of the nine people who were on board died in the plane crash that occured Monday night near Dillingham, Alaska, and two were seriously injured. Rescue crews reached the wreckage Tuesday morning, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said today.
Former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe was also a passenger on the plane. O'Keefe is the current chief executive of the U.S.-based division of defense contractor, EADS North America, and was in charge of NASA from 2001 to 2005.
A source at NASA told ABC News that O'Keefe and his son Jonathan both survived the crash but were both severely injured.
Prop Plane Went Down in Remote Area; 5 of 9 Aboard Killed; Former NASA Administrator, Son, Said to Have Survived
(ABC News) - Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, 86, died in a plane crash in southwest Alaska, a spokesman for the Stevens' family confirmed to ABC News today.
Five of the nine people who were on board died in the plane crash that occured Monday night near Dillingham, Alaska, and two were seriously injured. Rescue crews reached the wreckage Tuesday morning, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said today.
Former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe was also a passenger on the plane. O'Keefe is the current chief executive of the U.S.-based division of defense contractor, EADS North America, and was in charge of NASA from 2001 to 2005.
A source at NASA told ABC News that O'Keefe and his son Jonathan both survived the crash but were both severely injured.
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