Aleknagik, Alaska

• Sean O'Keefe remains in hospital; son released
  

  EADS North America Chief Executive Officer Sean O'Keefe remains hospitalized, making steady progress toward recovery from plane crash injuries, while his son, Kevin, was released from Providence Alaska Medical Center Tuesday, according to a statement from the family.

• Teen survivor of fatal Alaska plane crash released
  

  National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman appears at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug.

• Pilot's wife says he seemed normal before flight
  

  The wife of the pilot in this week's deadly Alaska plane crash spoke with her husband by phone several times in the days before the flight and noticed nothing out of the ordinary, the National Transportation Safety Board's chairwoman said Saturday.

• NTSB Releases New Photos of Deadly Alaska Plane Crash
  

  The National Transportation Safety Board has released new photographs of the aircraft accident site near Aleknagik, Alaska that took the lives of 5 of the 9 persons aboard including former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska.

• Investigators arrive at scene of Stevens crash
  

  A rescuer who helped carry survivors off a muddy, brush-covered mountain said they were dazed, bloodied and in severe pain after escaping death in a plane crash that killed former Sen.

• Ted Stevens was a flier who faced the risks
  

  The crash of a famed "bush" aircraft, the de Havilland DHC-3T Otter, near Aleknagik, Alaska, that killed former U.S. Sen.

• EADS North America CEO Survives Plane Crash
  

  Sean O'Keefe, the 54-year-old CEO of EADS North America, survived the crash of a private plane in Alaska on Aug.

• Stevens Family Offering Prayers
  

  A plane went down near Aleknagik with eight or more people aboard last night and it is believed that five did not survive the crash.

• Ted Stevens Killed in Alaska Air Crash
  

  After many hours of speculation, it has been confirmed : former Alaska senator Ted Stevens was one of five people killed in a plane crash Monday night in Alaska.

• 10 in Ten
  

  Early results show Kagame well ahead RWANDAN President Paul Kagame was set for a second seven-year term after provisional results yesterday showed he had won 93% of the vote.

• Ex-NASA chief on plane that crashed in Alaska
  

  "Local authorities are reporting that there are survivors and a rescue operation is under way," said Guy Hicks, EADS North America spokesman "No other details are available at this time." EADS North America is a subsidiary of EADS, the European aerospace company.

• Former NASA Chief Survives Alaskan Plane Crash
  

  Sean O'Keefe, former NASA administrator and United States Secretary of the Navy.

• Eads Ceo Aboard Crashed Plane
  

  Sean O'Keefe, the 54-year-old CEO of EADS North America, is one of the passengers on a private plane that crashed in Alaska late on Aug.

• Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens Aboard Crashed Plane, ABC News Has Learned
  

  Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was on board the plane that crashed Monday night in southwest Alaska.

• Did Former Senator Ted Stevens Die in a Plane Crash?
  

  A 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter carrying eight people crashed on Monday night 20 miles north of Dillingham, Alaska.

City Description

Aleknagik (pronounced /əˈlɛknəɡɪk/, ə-LEK-nə-gik) (Alaqnaqiq in Central Yup'ik) is a second class city in the Dillingham Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 221 at the 2000 census. Aleknagik is located at 59°16′42″N 158°37′23″W / 59.27833°N 158.62306°W / 59.27833; -158.62306 (59.278362, -158.622928) (Sec. 31, T010S, R055W, Seward Meridian). Aleknagik is located in the Bristol Bay Recording District. Aleknagik is located at the head of Wood River on the southeast end of Lake Aleknagik, 16 miles northwest of Dillingham. Aleknagik is named after Aleknagik Lake. Aleknagik is in a transitional climate zone. The primary influence is maritime, although a continental climate does affect the weather here. Average summer temperatures range from 30 to 66 degrees Fahrenheit. Average winter temperatures range from 4 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Annual precipitation is 20 to 35 inches and annual snowfall is 93 inches. Fog and low clouds are common during July and August, and may preclude access. The lake and river are ice-free from June through mid-November. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.8 square

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Alaska
• Dillingham Census Area

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 48.6917764743 km squared

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