Alaska plane crash kills eight at US Air Force site

A civilian-contracted plane crashed Thursday at a remote US Air Force site in Cape Newenham, Alaska, killing eight people, the military said.

The aircraft crashed at the airport of the long-range radar site on Alaska's southwestern tip, Alaskan Command said. Rescuers who landed near the crash site confirmed there were no survivors.

Alaskan Command said it was investigating the crash and would name the dead after their families had been informed. The statement did not say what those on board were doing at the radar site, which tracks aircraft operating in Alaskan airspace.