Ted Stevens In Plane Crash Alaska: Former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was aboard the plane that crashed in southern Alaska on Monday night, a former member of Congress, staff, Mr. Stevens said on Tuesday.Five people, believed to have been killed in the crash, and the assistant, who spoke on condition of anonymity, out of respect for the family, said it was unclear whether anyone survived the crash.
Rescue crews from the Alaska Air National Guard and United States Coast Guard arrived on the scene more than 10 hours after the accident, preventing rain and fog in the mountains and lakes to the north of Bristol Bay.