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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Becky Bohrer

Charter plane crashes on approach to secretive Alaska military outpost, killing eight

All eight people on board a charter flight have died after the aircraft crashed at a remote military radar installation in western Alaska on Thursday, the US military has confirmed.

The aircraft, a Cessna 441 operated by Anchorage-based firm Security Aviation, went down near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport at around 12.15 pm local time. The airfield is located approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage.

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