Eight people have been killed after the charter flight they were on crashed near the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport in Alaska. The aircraft, a Cessna 441, plummeted to the ground around 450 miles (725 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska. Details surrounding the U.S. Military Flight remain slim; however, a statement provided to AP News in relation to the incident noted that the airplane was a civilian-contracted aircraft.