[tlb]

Unconfirmed but they seem to have cause to think Stevens was on the plane.

[hershey]

God speed everyone who was on that plane.

[mware]

Nothing on Fox News yet.

[Tolsti2]

I used to take a lot of booze+xanax to fly, since 9/11 that won’t do it.

Sure hope this isn’t another awful nightmare.

[Daisyjane69]

Nope, I’m not gonna say it.

I’ll admit I thought about it, but no. I’m not gonna say it.

[mware]

You might want to get this on breaking

[woodchukwood]

Heaven is a series of tubes.

[Pylon]

Would be strange if Stevens dies in a plane crash because he has an airport named after him.

[Dem Guard]

[ChowChowFace]

Other sources, but nothing much new

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12952729

http://www.ktva.com/topalaskanews/ci_15724620

[Moose4]

Info on the de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter:

http://www.bush-planes.com/DeHavilland-DHC-3-Otter.html

They are serious workhorse airplanes, reliable to a fault. Some have had their old radial piston engines replaced with modern, more efficient turboprops.

}:-)4

[ltc8k6]

http://www.adn.com/2010/08/09/1402798/plane-with-8-on-board-crashes.html#ixzz0wBpsaFGd

Gives this tail number:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Wood-River-Lodge/De-Havilland-Canada/0835289/L/

[McGruff]

Please keep us cubicle bound updated on the latest from the 24hr cable news.

[beckysueb]

A 1957? If that is the year it was manufactured, no wonder it crashed. Prayers for the people on board. Hope everyone is alive and recovers.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

A tad ironic.

His first wife, Ann, was killed in a plane crash on Dec. 4,1978 at the Anchorage International Airport. Ted survived the carsh to live another day.

[MinuteGal]

If this happened at 7 last night, and if Ted Stevens was not on that plane, I'm sure communications in Alaska are not that primitive that he couldn't call or radio that he's okay from wherever he is.

It's a little scary that no one has heard from him by now.

Leni

[PghBaldy]

Well, take it for what it’s wrth (which is next to nothing in this case). His Wikipedia page says he is dead: Theodore “Ted” Fulton Stevens (November 18, 1923 - August 10, 2010) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/08/former-sen-ted-stevens-may-have-been-on-plane-that-crashed-in-alaska-friends-say/1

[ohioWfan]

Prayers for those involved, and their families.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

SF Chronicle: “A U.S. government official says former Sen. Ted Stevens is believed to have been aboard the airplane that has crashed in Alaska.

The official tells The Associated Press Alaska authorities have been told the former longtime Republican senator is among several passengers on the plane. The official, who spoke on grounds of anonymity, says Stevens’ condition is unknown.”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/10/national/w063622D96.DTL&tsp=1

[tlb]

MSNBC finally reporting the crash. They say NASA former Chief O’Keefe was also on the plane with members of his family.