Alaska plane crash has survivors, fatalities, Air Guard says(updateTed Stevens may have be on board)

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

CNN) -- A plane crashed near Dillingham, Alaska, Monday night with some survivors and some fatalities, the Alaska Air National Guard told CNN.

Officials do not yet know what kind of plane went down in an area about 17 miles north of Dillingham, said Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes. It reportedly had eight people on board, the Guard said.

Bad weather was reported in the area at the time of the crash about 7 p.m. (11 p.m. ET), Hayes said.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/10/alaska.plane.crash/?hpt=T2#fbid=sC95XYs-YXc&wom=false

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The aircraft, which was reported overdue, bears the tail number N455A, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. That aircraft is a 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter registered to GCI, according to FAA records. The FAA did not immediately provide other information about how it knows that this is the aircraft.

Friends of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said he was traveling Monday to the GCI-owned Agulowak Lodge near Lake Aleknagik, and they were concerned for him.

A woman who answered the phone at the Anchorage home of retired Air Force Gen. Joe Ralston, a good friend of Stevens, said Ralston was with Stevens' wife, Catherine, comforting her and trying to find out what was going on.

No one answered the phone at the homes of Stevens' daughter, Susan Covich, in Kenai, or his son, Ben, in Anchorage.



Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/08/09/1402798/plane-with-8-on-board-crashes.html#ixzz0wCYJZqRs

[SemperEadem]

1. well, I hope he's alright.

as much as I disagree with him and hold a low opinion of his views, I hate to hear that anyone is hurt or dead from a plane crash.

[karynnj]

14. Same here

[Dinger]

21. Same Here (nt)

[bigworld]

2. GCI is a big Alaska telecommunications company

cable, cell, etc...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Communications,_Inc.

Just FYI.

[FarPoint]

3. Jeepers..........

The page was deleted on Wiki....you must of been on to something.....:scared: :hide:

[kpete]

4. Plane crashes in Alaska with 8 on board Former Senator Ted Stevens feared to be a passenger

Source: MSNBC

A plane believed to be carrying eight people has crashed in southwest Alaska, authorities said on Tuesday.

It was feared that former Sen. Ted Stevens was on board the flight, but officials have not been able to confirm that, local station KTUU TV reported.

Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes said the Guard was called to the area about 20 miles north of Dillingham at about 7 p.m. Monday after a passing aircraft saw the wreckage.

There were possible fatalities, Hayes said. State and federal officials said severe weather has hampered the rescue operation.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38637072/ns/us_news-life/

[Possumpoint]

5. Ted Stevens

of the Bridge To Nowhere and taking paybacks from contractors?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. And "series of tubes" ... Yes, that's him.

[GodlessBiker]

7. Feared? The other seven, well, they were expendable.

[snooper2]

9. First thought I had...Really, poor little Ted...

over 6 billion people in the World...and poor little Teddy "feared" to be one of them in this crash.

He should be in prison right now, I guess this is a case of wrong place at wrong time.

Karma's a bitch...

[Alcibiades]

8. This is tragic

The plane in question is a 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3 otter:



This happens all the time with small, single-engine airplanes. Was it pilot error, engine failure or stress on the plane's 53 year old airframe? It probably had been refurbished at least once since it was built, but I'm not sure I'd want to fly in any aircraft that old without a parachute.

[RamboLiberal]

10. A bit more info

The plane was a single-engine otter, dating back to 1957. The NTSB said it had been retrofitted with a turboprop engine.

Hayes says about five good Samaritans were on scene early Tuesday helping the crash victims. He says he was told by Alaska State Troopers that there were "eight or nine" people on board, though a spokeswoman for the troopers, Megan Peters, refused to comment.

Friends of former Sen. Stevens said he was traveling Monday to the GCI-owned Agulowak Lodge near Lake Aleknagik, and they were concerned for him, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ted-stevens-plane-crash/story?id=11364387

As usual going to one of his corporate buddies lodge.

Still a shame that people have died in this crash and others may be seriously injured. I can't wish ill even on the likes of Ted Stevens.

[ericinne]

11. Well, that's too bad.

I hope people come out OK and there aren't many fatality's. I hate seeing anybody go through pain, even a right winger.

[MarkInSavannah]

34. Wow.......that is very charitable of you!

[ensho]

12. so criminal Ted might be gone

nt

[cowman]

20. Try showing a little sympathy

I thought as Dems we were better than the rethugicans, I guess certain people on this thread are no better. I, for one, hope that all that survived are going to make it and to those that didn't, RIP and condolences to the families.

[ensho]

28. sorry no sympathy

nt

[cowman]

32. Well then that

just makes you no better than the repukes.

[provis99]

13. looks like Stevens will do anything to avoid being indicted.

[cowman]

19. Classy

real fucking classy. I hope noone treats you like this when you die.

[slampoet]

29. They won't because he didn't do evil thing during his life.

[cowman]

33. So will you

treat Rep. Rangel the same way? And you do know that his conviction was overturned because of prosecutorial misconduct and now the 2 prosecutors are under investigation for misconduct? Let's try to be fair people.
Just breaking, Ted Stevens was killed in the crash. RIP and Condolences to his family.

[slampoet]

36. Public trials for crimes are not the same as evil actions

equating these two people tells a lot.......

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. NTSB LAUNCHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN ALASKA

NTSB ADVISORY
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
August 10, 2010

NTSB LAUNCHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN ALASKA

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a Go Team to investigate last night's airplane crash near Dillingham, Alaska.

At about 8:00 p.m. 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.

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.

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.

Contact information for the team will be released when it is available.

NTSB Press Contact: (In Washington)
Keith Holloway
[e-mail]
202-314-6100

[DisgustipatedinCA]

16. SF Chronicle reporting ex NASA head Sean O'Keefe was on the plane too

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/10/national/a064122D85.DTL&tsp=1

[redwitch]

17. This is Ted Stevens 2nd airplane crash.

That's awfully unlucky.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. right

[Mr. Sparkle]

18. It is hard to see Stevens surviving, given his old age.

[dave29]

22. Prominent DC lobbyist/ex Senate staffer also on board

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

TPM has confirmed that DC lobbyist Jim Morhard was also a passenger on the plane that crashed in Alaska. Katherine Hennessey Gronberg, vice president of Morhard & Associates, says she doesn't know anything about Morhard's condition. Morhard was chief of staff of the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2003-05, when Stevens was chairman of the committee

[onenote]

26. I was afraid of that

I don't know Jim Morhard, both my wife and I have worked with a few former Stevens' staffers over the years and I have been worried/wondering if one of them might have been on this trip.

[merh]

23. I've got my tin foil hat on.

The report I read said that Stevens and former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe were on the plane and that report does not include the names of the purported survivors.

Are there any reasons that Bushco may want these two silenced? Hmmmmmm.

[DainBramaged]

24. Agreed. It's a catspiracy.

:tinfoilhat:

[Javaman]

25. Could Ted pull a ken lay?

there are those who claim that kenny boy, skipped town rather than actually croaking.

[onenote]

27. the guy is nearly 87 and totally out of the news

Why would he? And are all the others on that plane pulling the same thing? And why? And how?

In other words, whether or not Ted Stevens "could pull a Ken Lay" the answer is that this crash isn't that.

[superconnected]

30. 87 is awfully old, and he did lead a corrupt life.

RIP Ted.

[Steerpike]

31. I'm sad to say

I just got word that Ted Stevens is confirmed dead...my sincere condolences to his family...may he rest in peace...