Legendary former US Senator Ted Stevens was killed when a small plane carrying nine people slammed into a remote Alaska mountainside leaving five passengers dead, officials said.
Stevens, 86, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history before being voted out of office in 2008, was traveling on a flight which also included EADS North America chief Sean O'Keefe, the former boss of US space agency NASA.
O'Keefe, 54, and his teenage son were among four who survived the crash, which occurred on Monday night in poor weather near Aleknagik, about 480km southwest of Anchorage.
The cause of the crash was not known on August 10 as officials from the National Transportation Safety Board began an investigation at the crash site.
AFP
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