A charter plane crash at a remote military radar site in western Alaska on Thursday has left all eight people on board dead, according to the United States military.
The aircraft crashed around 12:15 pm (2015 UTC) on approach to Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, located about 725 kilometers (450 miles) west of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, from where it had departed.
Six passengers and two pilots were aboard the plane during the incident, said Clint Johnson, Alaska region chief of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Reports identified the plane as a Cessna 441 operated by Anchorage-based air charter company Security Aviation.
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski expressed her condolences, following news of the crash.
