# Alaska charter flight crash kills 8

https://mins.news/en/item/28100

- DW, 2026-08-21 07:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/alaska-charter-flight-crash-kills-8/a-78453258?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> A privately operated Cessna 441 charter plane crashed Thursday while approaching the Cape Newenham radar site airport in western Alaska. The US military said all eight people aboard—six passengers and two pilots—were killed.

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