Funeral-Bound Plane Crashes; 8 Killed

A single-engine plane carrying a family of seven bound for a funeral crashed into the Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s North Slope. The pilot and all seven family members were killed. The plane crashed two minutes after takeoff from Barrow, the nation’s most northern city, 725 miles northwest of Anchorage. The plane was taking the family to the tiny village of Wainwright, 90 miles southwest of Barrow. The casket was on board. North Slope Borough officials said the nine-seater plane owned by Hageland Aviation departed at 8:04 a.m. and was located by search and rescue teams within 20 minutes.