8 Killed in Charter Plane Crash in Alaska

Cessna 441 goes down in foggy conditions in remote area.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, August 21, 2026 at 02:14 PM ET

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Zach Vasile

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A chartered aircraft crashed in a remote part of Alaska, killing all eight people on board, including two pilots and six passengers.
The civilian-contracted Cessna 441 was chartered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, en route to a long-range radar site.
The crash occurred in foggy conditions and is currently under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the FAA.

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Authorities in Alaska are investigating the crash of a chartered aircraft in a remote part of the state that killed all eight people on board.

The aircraft, a Cessna 441, was chartered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for travel to Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage. The twin-engine Cessna had two pilots and was carrying six passengers. The military described the aircraft as a “civilian contracted aircraft.”