Politics / Ted Stevens Ted Stevens Dead in Alaska Plane Crash: Report Former senator among 5 killed in remote western Alaska By Marie Morris, Newser Staff Posted Aug 10, 2010 11:33 AM CDT Copied Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) Ted Stevens was among the five people killed in a plane crash last night in remote western Alaska, a former aide to the ex-US senator tells KTUU in Anchorage. Former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe was also believed to be among the nine people on the aircraft, but his fate is unknown, the AP reports. In 1978, Stevens survived a plane crash that killed 5 people, including his first wife, Ann, notes the New York Times. (More Ted Stevens stories.) Get breaking news in your inbox. What you need to know, as soon as we know it. Sign up Report an error