DILLINGHAM, Alaska, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Crews searched for eight people, possibly including ex-U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, believed on a private plane that crashed near Dillingham, Alaska, officials said.
Friends of Stevens, expressing concern for his safety, said he was traveling Monday to the GCI-owned Agulowak Lodge near Lake Aleknagik, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
A woman answering the phone at the Anchorage home of retired Air Force Gen. Joe Ralston, a friend of Stevens, said Ralston was with Stevens' wife, trying to find out what was happening.
The newspaper said phone calls were unanswered at the homes of Stevens' daughter, Susan Covich, in Kenai, or his son, Ben, in Anchorage.
The aircraft, a 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter registered to GCI, was reported overdue in Dillingham, federal aviation officials said. UPI
