A charter plane crashed near a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board, including two employees of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The crash highlights the ongoing risks of small aircraft travel in Alaska's remote and often harsh terrain, where charter flights remain a vital but sometimes hazardous means of reaching isolated sites.

Details of the incident remain limited, with the aircraft going down close to a remote radar installation in the south-western part of the state. Authorities have confirmed the deaths of all eight people aboard, with two identified as US Army Corps of Engineers employees, though further information on the identities of the other victims and the cause of the crash has not been disclosed.