Ex-head of NASA on plane that crashes in Alaska

"A private plane carrying nine people, among them
the former head of NASA Sean O'Keefe and possibly
ex-Senator Ted Stevens, crashed in southwest
Alaska on Monday night, sources and officials said
on Tuesday."

See:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38637072...ife/?GT1=43001

wrote in news:10924cad-6a81-4611-a77e-cd1cb509bb60
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"A private plane carrying nine people, among them
the former head of NASA Sean O'Keefe and possibly
ex-Senator Ted Stevens, crashed in southwest
Alaska on Monday night, sources and officials said
on Tuesday."

See:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38637072...ife/?GT1=43001


NASAWatch reports both O'Keefe's survived, being transported to
Anchorage hospitals.

This appears to be a CFIT incident, too common in Alaskan terrain.

--Damon

On Aug 10, 12:55*pm, Damon Hill wrote:
wrote in news:10924cad-6a81-4611-a77e-cd1cb509bb60
@k1g2000prl.googlegroups.com:

"A private plane carrying nine people, among them
the former head of NASA Sean O'Keefe and possibly
ex-Senator Ted Stevens, crashed in southwest
Alaska on Monday night, sources and officials said
on Tuesday."

See:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38637072...ife/?GT1=43001

NASAWatch reports both O'Keefe's survived, being transported to
Anchorage hospitals.

This appears to be a CFIT incident, too common in Alaskan terrain.

--Damon

The O'Keefe's survived, but the former Senator did not:

"A float plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens crashed into a
remote mountain in Alaska, killing the revered former senator
and four others and stranding survivors on a rainy, brush-covered
hillside for more than 12 hours, authorities said Tuesday.

Former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe and his teenage son survived
the Monday crash with broken bones and other injuries, said
former NASA spokesman Glenn Mahone. The O'Keefes spent
the night on the mountain with volunteers who discovered the
wreckage and tended to the injured until rescuers arrived
Tuesday morning."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_alaska...9ybWVyYWxhc2th