Here's a list of links to ongoing coverage of the breaking news that a small aircraft owned by GCI Communications went down near Aleknagik with nine aboard, including former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and former NASA head Sean O'Keefe. The first entries are the most recent.

The Accident

A source tells Reuters that Sean O'Keefe, current North American CEO of European aerospace and defense group, EADS, and his son are among the crash survivors. Their condition is unknown.

A spokesperson for the Stevens family, Mike Rose, has told several outlets that indeed former Sen. Stevens died in the crash. There is still no word on the identities of the other four victims, or on the conditions of the four survivors.

APRN spoke to a pilot who had flown through the crash area. He said that flying conditions had been poor on Monday.

The New York Times reports that three survivors were evacuated from the scene around 10 a.m. Alaska time, and reminds us that reportedly, before surviving a 1978 plane crash in Anchorage, Stevens said he had a premonition that he would someday die in a plane crash.

Reuters reports about former NASA administrator, Sean O'Keefe, current North American CEO of EADS. O'Keefe is also thought to have been aboard the plane.

Alaska Dispatch's early report on the matter is still being updated as news happens. That report also contains a brief biography of Sen. Stevens.

GCI Communications, the plane's owner, issued a statement Tuesday. The Alaska Air National Guard and the National Transportation and Safety Board also issued statements early Tuesday.

Former Senator Stevens, a look back

The Alaska Standard's warm, grief-stricken and heartfelt remembrance: "Alaska: Perched on the shoulder of a giant"

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) mourns in statement on Aug. 10, 2010: "I have lost my brother."

2000, Sen. Stevens named "Alaskan of the Century" by the Alaska Legislature.

2003, "The Hulk" visits his congressional counterpart: "When I see the Hulk tie on Ted Stevens, I know he's pumped up," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.)

2007, U.S. News and World Report compiled a list of "10 Things you didn't know about Ted Stevens."

What many call "federal pork," Alaskans call "gravy."

2008, Senate farewell: "To hell with politics, just do what's right for Alaska."

Anchorage Daily News editorial: "The Alaskan of the Century, convicted"

Tech Crunch reminds us that the Internet will always have a soft spot for Stevens after he likened the Internet to "a series of tubes."