2 Different Alaska Plane Crashes

One was a plane carrying nine people, it crashed amid southwest Alaska's remote mountains and lakes, killing five people on board and injuring at least three others, authorities said Tuesday. Former Sen. Ted Stevens and ex-NASA chief Sean O'Keefe were believed to be aboard.

It was unclear if the longtime Republican senator and O'Keefe were among the dead.

The other was a plane of sightseers that crased on a glacier.  A four-man rescue squad found the five people on board the plane in good condition on Knik Glacier, roughly 40 miles northeast of Anchorage.

There were only a couple of minor injuries among the Alaskan pilot and four visitors from Texas, Maj. Guy Hayes said, adding he did not have names or hometowns.

The Anchorage Daily News identified the pilot as Donald Erbey, 49.