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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (34565)	8/10/2010 11:20:16 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

Ted Stevens Likely Was on Downed Plane AUGUST 10, 2010, 11:07 A.M. ET. Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska—A plane believed to be carrying nine people, including former Sen. Ted Stevens, crashed in southwest Alaska, and rescue crews were trying to reach the wreckage. A U.S. government official said Alaska authorities have been told the former longtime Republican senator was among several passengers. The official said Mr. Stevens's condition is unknown. Defense contractor EADS North America, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co., said former National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Sean O'Keefe was a passenger on the plane. Mr. O'Keefe is the chief executive of the U.S.-based division of the European company. The company said local authorities in Alaska are reporting there are survivors and a rescue operation is under way. The National Transportation Safety Board said it appears that five people were killed and four survived. An NTSB investigative team has been dispatched from Washington. Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Mr. Hayes said the National Guard was called to the area about 20 miles north of Dillingham at about 7 p.m. Monday after a passing aircraft saw the downed plane, but severe weather has hampered search and rescue efforts. The plane was traveling from a lodge on Lake Nerka to a fishing camp on the Nushagak River. Mr. Hayes said he was told by Alaska State Troopers that there were "eight or nine" people on board, though a spokeswoman for the troopers, Megan Peters, refused to comment. The National Weather Service reported rain and fog at Dillingham, with low clouds and limited visibility early Tuesday. The aircraft is a 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter registered to Anchorage-based communications company GCI, the Federal Aviation Administration told the Anchorage Daily News. A woman at the Regional Operations Center told the AP all further information was pending notification of next of kin. Dillingham is located in northern Bristol Bay, about 325 miles southwest of Anchorage. Mr. Stevens, a liberal Republican, was appointed to the Senate in 1968 and served longer than any other Republican in history. He directed billions of dollars to Alaska over the years. But one of his projects—known as the "Bridge to Nowhere"—became a symbol of pork-barrel spending in Congress and a target of taxpayer groups who challenged a $450 million appropriation for bridge construction in Ketchikan. Mr. Stevens's standing in Alaska was diminished by corruption allegations and a federal trial in 2008. He was convicted of all seven counts and narrowly lost his Senate seat to Democrat Mark Begich in the election the following week. But five months after the election, Attorney General Eric Holder sought to dismiss the indictment against Mr. Stevens and not proceed with a new trial because of misconduct by federal prosecutors. online.wsj.com