Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says

A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the U.S. military said.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3471x1993+0+0/resize/3471x1993!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9d%2Fd8%2F5523300b418bbc0e2d4dcadfb13d%2Fap26233068166835.jpg' alt='FILE - The National Transportation Safety Board logo and signage are seen at a news conference at NTSB headquarters in Washington, Dec. 18, 2017.'/><p>A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the U.S. military said.</p><p>(Image credit: Andrew Harnik)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5940552' />