JUNEAU, Alaska — A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed near a remote radar installation in western Alaska on Thursday, killing everyone on board, according to the U.S. military.

The crash occurred near the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, located roughly 450 miles west of Anchorage. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Davis, who commands Alaskan Command, the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and the Eleventh Air Force, called the incident “a devastating loss for our military family and the communities we serve.”

According to a statement from Alaskan Command, the radar site is operated by the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center and forms part of a broader network of remote installations that monitor aircraft flying through Alaska’s airspace and along its borders. The statement did not detail the specific work those aboard the flight had been performing, describing the aircraft only as a civilian-contracted plane. Davis further described those killed as dedicated professionals who had been carrying out an important mission under challenging conditions, and said the military’s immediate focus was on supporting the families, friends and colleagues of those lost, while expressing gratitude for the search and recovery teams that responded to the crash site.

Clint Johnson, who leads the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska regional office, said Thursday evening that the flight had two pilots and six passengers aboard at the time of the crash.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the aircraft involved was a Cessna 441 that had departed from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport bound for Cape Newenham. The crash occurred at approximately 12:15 p.m. Thursday, west of Cape Newenham.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska identified the operator of the flight as Security Aviation, an Anchorage-based charter company, in a social media post Thursday night. Murkowski said she had personally traveled extensively with the company across Alaska and had met a number of its pilots over the years, adding that her thoughts were with those aboard the flight and their families as the investigation into the crash continues. An email seeking comment was sent to Security Aviation on Friday morning; the company had not responded as of this report.

The crash adds to a difficult recent history of aviation incidents in Alaska, a state where remote geography, harsh weather conditions and heavy reliance on small aircraft for transportation to isolated communities and installations have periodically contributed to fatal accidents. Alaska’s vast, sparsely populated terrain means many communities and military installations, including remote radar sites like the one near Cape Newenham, depend heavily on charter and small commercial aircraft for personnel, supplies and equipment, given the absence of road access to many parts of the state.

Cape Newenham’s radar installation is one of several remote, long-range radar sites the U.S. military maintains across Alaska as part of its broader air defense infrastructure, designed to detect and track aircraft operating in the region’s airspace, including along international boundaries. These sites are typically staffed and serviced through a combination of military personnel and civilian contractors, given their remote locations far from major population centers or military bases.

Thursday’s crash triggered an immediate emergency response involving multiple agencies. According to Murkowski’s statement, the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Transportation Safety Board, Alaska State Troopers and the Rescue Coordination Center all took part in responding to the crash site, reflecting the coordinated, multiagency approach typically required for search and recovery operations in Alaska’s remote and often difficult-to-access terrain.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates civil aviation accidents in the United States, is expected to lead the formal investigation into the cause of Thursday’s crash, a process that in cases involving remote or difficult-to-reach crash sites can take considerably longer than investigations conducted in more accessible locations. The agency’s Alaska regional office, which Johnson leads, routinely investigates aviation accidents throughout the state given Alaska’s unusually high reliance on small aircraft relative to its population.

Alaska has faced scrutiny in the past over aviation safety issues tied to charter and small commercial flights operating in the state’s challenging conditions. Previous federal investigations into fatal Alaska air crashes have at times identified broader systemic concerns, including instances of aircraft operating with excessive weight loads and gaps in regulatory oversight of charter operators, findings that have periodically prompted renewed calls for stricter enforcement of aviation safety standards specific to the state’s unique operating environment.

As of Friday morning, officials had not released the identities of those killed in Thursday’s crash, pending notification of next of kin, a standard practice followed in fatal aviation accidents while families are formally informed before public identification occurs. Military and civilian investigators were continuing to work at the remote crash site as the investigation into the cause of the accident got underway.

The loss has drawn condolences from Alaska’s congressional delegation and military leadership alike, with both Murkowski and Davis emphasizing the close-knit nature of the communities affected by the crash, whether through personal connections to Security Aviation’s pilots or through the broader military family associated with operations at Alaska’s remote radar installations. As search and recovery operations continue and the formal investigation moves forward, further details regarding the cause of the crash and the identities of those on board are expected to be released in the coming days.

Sensex gained over 3 points to close at around 77,541 while Nifty 50 rose 20 points to end the session at 24,252. Broader markets performed better, with Nifty Smallcap 100 rising 0.6%.

Analyst Sudeep Shah, Vice President and Head of Technical & Derivatives Research at SBI Securities, interacted with ETMarkets regarding the outlook for the Nifty IT, options data as well as an index strategy for the upcoming week. The following are the edited excerpts from the chat:

1.) Sensex, Nifty have fallen in 4 out of 5 sessions. What does next week’s set up look like?

Since the beginning of August, the benchmark index Nifty has been gradually drifting lower. After marking a low of 24,025, the index witnessed a minor pullback; however, it ended lower for the second consecutive week. On the weekly chart, the index has formed a small-bodied candle with a minor lower shadow, reflecting a lack of strong directional conviction.
An interesting pattern has emerged during August. The index has largely witnessed momentum during the first hour of trading, only to slip into consolidation thereafter. The repeated formation of small-bodied candles further highlights the absence of strong commitment from both bulls and bears. The question now is: who will make the first decisive move?

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Technically, the index is currently oscillating around its crucial moving averages, which are largely flat. Momentum indicators and oscillators are also pointing towards a sideways phase. The daily RSI remains in a sideways zone, while the trend-strength indicator, daily ADX, is placed at 12.80 and continues to remain flat. And when the trend indicators go quiet, the next signal often becomes even more important.
Going ahead, the 24,350-24,400 zone will act as a crucial hurdle for the index. On the downside, 24,050-24,000 will remain an important support zone. A decisive move beyond this range could determine whether Nifty is ready for its next big move or another round of consolidation awaits.Sensex: The benchmark index registered a recent high of 79,143 on August 04, following which it entered a phase of gradual correction. However, on Wednesday, the index found support near the lower trendline of its rising channel and witnessed a mild pullback. Despite the recovery attempt, Sensex ended the week around the 77,500 mark, down 0.60%, while forming a small-bodied candle with a lower shadow.

From a technical standpoint, the index continues to hover around its 20-day, 50-day, and 100-day EMAs. The flattening of these key moving averages suggests a lack of directional bias and points towards a consolidative market structure. Additionally, the daily RSI has remained range-bound over the last ten trading sessions, reinforcing the ongoing sideways trend. The ADX is currently placed at 13.53, highlighting weak trend strength and the absence of any strong momentum in either direction.

Looking ahead, the 77,900-78,000 zone is expected to act as an immediate resistance area. A decisive and sustained breakout above 78000 could trigger renewed buying interest, paving the way for an advance towards 78700, followed by 79300.

On the downside, the 77,000-76,800 zone remains a crucial support band. As long as the index holds above this range, the broader consolidation is likely to continue. However, a breach below these levels could invite further weakness in the near term.

2.) Where are you seeing the derivatives positioning right now, and which Nifty strikes could act as the immediate support and resistance zones going into the next expiry?

Nifty has maintained a higher high–higher low structure since the low of 22,183 recorded on April 2, although the broader movement has remained confined within a range.

A rising trendline connecting the lows of 22,183 on April 2 and 23,072 on June 11, when extended further, provided support to Nifty around 23,606. The index bounced sharply from this trendline and subsequently rallied nearly 5%.

After hitting a high of 24,774 on August 3, which coincided with the first day of the new CAS settlement system, Nifty remained under pressure and failed to close above the previous session’s high for 12 consecutive sessions — its longest such streak in recent history. However, the index has now broken this streak after finding support around the rising trendline in the 24,020–24,000 zone.

Importantly, this trendline support coincides with the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the previous upmove from 23,606 to 24,774, making the 24,020–24,000 zone a crucial support area.

Historical evidence also provides some encouragement. A study of the previous three comparable nine-session losing streaks — November 15–25, 2011; August 24–September 5, 2012; and December 5–17, 2012 — shows that Nifty delivered positive returns over the subsequent one-week, one-month and three-month periods. The average gains during these periods stood at 4.32%, 5.36% and 12.27%, respectively.

The derivatives setup further reinforces the importance of 24,000. Put open interest at the 24,000 strike is nearly three times the Call open interest, highlighting strong support around this level. Hence, 24,000 remains a key near-term level to watch. A decisive breach below this zone could trigger fresh selling pressure.

On the upside, 24,500 is the key hurdle, with Call open interest around 3.5 times the Put open interest. A decisive move above 24,500 could trigger short covering and potentially accelerate the upward momentum.

3.) With crude, geopolitical risks and global bond yields all elevated, what is the biggest risk that the options market may be underpricing right now?

The options market could be underpricing tail risk at current levels. IV is around 11, while IVP is near 17, suggesting implied volatility is towards the lower end of its historical range. At the same time, the intraday range has remained compressed since the beginning of August, making it difficult for traders to find meaningful momentum or directional opportunities. This prolonged compression may be creating a sense of complacency in the options market. The key risk is a low-probability but high-impact event, be it geopolitical, macro, a sharp move in crude or in bond yields that suddenly expands the trading range and triggers a spike in volatility. Such a move could catch option sellers off guard, particularly those carrying short-gamma exposure. So, the risk is not just direction, but a sudden repricing of tail risk and volatility.

4.) What are key levels to track for Nifty Bank and Nifty IT?

The banking benchmark, Bank Nifty, has remained in a prolonged consolidation phase over the last 48 trading sessions, trading within a broad range of 58,706-56,023. More recently, the consolidation has tightened further, with the index confined to a narrow 721-point range over the past 13 trading sessions, reflecting a clear lack of directional conviction.

This subdued price action has resulted in the formation of a Bollinger Band Squeeze on the daily chart, a pattern that develops when volatility contracts sharply and the Bollinger Bands narrow significantly. Historically, such phases of compressed volatility are often followed by a strong directional move, making the current setup important from a trading perspective.

Momentum indicators also continue to support the consolidation view. The Daily RSI and Stochastic Oscillator have been moving sideways, indicating the absence of any meaningful bullish or bearish momentum. At the same time, the Average Directional Index (ADX) has slipped to 8.06, its lowest reading since inception, highlighting an extremely weak trend environment.

Going forward, the 58,000-58,200 zone is likely to act as a critical resistance band. A decisive and sustained breakout above this hurdle could trigger a fresh uptrend and lead to a sharp expansion in volatility. On the downside, the 57,200-57,000 zone remains a key support area. A breach below this range may signal the start of a corrective phase.

Overall, Bank Nifty appears to be in the final stages of consolidation, and a convincing move beyond either 58200 on the upside or 57,000 on the downside could mark the beginning of the next trending move in the index.

For Nifty IT, the zone of 30,200-30,000 will act as important support. On the upside, the 200-day EMA zone of 31,600-31,800 will act as a crucial hurdle.

5.) For traders looking beyond the index, which 2-3 stocks currently offer the clearest risk-reward setup in the F&O segment, and what are the levels or triggers that would make you take those trades?

The three stocks that offer the cleanest risk-reward setups in the F&O segment are AU Small Finance Bank, Aditya Birla Capital, and Nippon Life India Asset Management.

AU Small Finance Bank has been consolidating in the Rs 431–384 range for the past eight weeks. Despite the consolidation, the stock continues to trade above its key moving averages, while the rising ADX indicates a gradual buildup in trend strength. A decisive breakout above Rs 431 could trigger the next directional move, with the Rs 385–380 zone acting as an immediate support area.

Aditya Birla Capital hit an all-time high of Rs 1,108 before closing marginally lower on the daily timeframe. The stock has faced strong resistance in the Rs 1,080–1,100 zone, which it has failed to decisively cross multiple times since late April. On the downside, the 20-day EMA has consistently acted as dynamic support, keeping the broader bullish trend intact.

The rising ADX points towards a gradual strengthening of the trend, while the RSI remains above 60 on both the daily and weekly timeframes, indicating sustained bullish momentum. As long as the stock is able to sustain above the Rs 1,100-1,080 zone, the stock is likely to extend its up move.

Nippon Life India Asset Management has given a breakout from a downward-sloping trendline on the daily timeframe, signalling a potential shift in trend. The stock has repeatedly found strong support near its 34-day EMA, which has acted as a reliable dynamic support since August 7. It is now trading above its key short- and long-term moving averages, reinforcing the positive bias.

The MACD line has crossed above the signal line and remains above the zero line, indicating strengthening bullish momentum. Additionally, DI+ is positioned above DI- on the ADX indicator, highlighting strong buying pressure. As long as the stock holds above the Rs 1,210-1,200 zone, the pullback is likely to extend further.

(Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times)

Do they worry if this no-questions-asked approach could lead to people taking advantage of the scheme?

Moylan responds with a resounding no. “That’s sometimes the pointy end of running a scheme like this, and that’s just something you have to accept as part of a community fund.”

She has had one customer tell her they used the scheme to buy a book for their friend’s birthday. In another instance, the scheme was used to supply 30 books for a local primary school.

“There’s something nice about the idea that people in Camberwell and Southwark are giving money – that then is going to buy books for kids who live around the corner,” said Gillian Lewis, the parent who saw Lala’s scheme and thought of the school books idea.

Moylan added: “We even get people who might use it one week when they feel like they don’t have just quite enough money to get the book that they want, and then like two months later they’ll come back and say they want to donate into it now.”

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BTS member Jin has reached a major milestone in his solo career, with his title track “Don’t Say You Love Me” surpassing 1 billion cumulative streams on Spotify as of Aug. 18, according to the streaming platform, marking the most-streamed song of his solo catalog to date.

The achievement comes just one year and three months after the song’s release, according to allkpop, making it Jin’s fastest-growing solo track to reach the billion-stream threshold. “Don’t Say You Love Me” serves as the title track of Jin’s second solo mini-album, “Echo,” which was released in May 2025 through Big Hit Music.

The song is a pop track that captures the conflicted emotions of two people struggling to let go of each other even as their relationship approaches its end. Jin’s calm, restrained vocal delivery blends with the track’s understated production to create a subdued, emotionally resonant listening experience, a signature style that has come to define much of his recent solo output.

“Don’t Say You Love Me” also made a significant impact on global music charts following its release. The song debuted at No. 90 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, marking Jin’s third solo entry on that chart, following “The Astronaut” in 2022 and “Running Wild,” the title track from his debut solo mini-album “Happy,” in 2024. Beyond the Hot 100, the track climbed into the top 10 of several other major global charts, reaching No. 2 on Spotify’s Weekly Top Songs Global chart and No. 6 on Billboard’s Global 200, according to The Korea Herald. The song also placed at No. 10 on the UK Official Singles Top 100 and No. 4 on Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. chart, according to separate reporting from allkpop.

The success of the single helped lift the broader profile of “Echo,” which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking Jin’s highest career placement on that chart since launching his solo career. According to The Korea Herald, “Echo” ultimately spent more than seven months building toward the billion-stream milestone for its lead single, a pace that established “Don’t Say You Love Me” as the most-streamed K-pop solo song of the calendar year in which it was released.

The track’s momentum built steadily rather than through a single viral spike. According to reporting from Starnews Korea earlier this year, “Don’t Say You Love Me” became the first K-pop song to reach 600 million Spotify streams in 2025, doing so faster than any other Korean pop release that year. The song also achieved a notable milestone specific to the Japanese market, surpassing 50 million streams on Spotify Japan alone in October 2025, described at the time as the fastest such achievement ever recorded by a K-pop solo artist, reached in just 146 days. The track additionally spent more than 100 consecutive days within Spotify’s Global Top 10, a run that made it the first and only song by an Asian artist to achieve that feat in 2025, and it topped Spotify’s Global Chart outright in May of that year, becoming the first Asian artist’s song to reach No. 1 on that ranking during 2025.

Beyond the lead single’s individual performance, the “Echo” album as a whole has continued accumulating substantial streaming numbers. According to Starnews Korea, the full album surpassed 1.2 billion cumulative Spotify streams by late March, with “Don’t Say You Love Me” itself accounting for roughly 890 million of those plays at that point, while other tracks on the record, including “Nothing Without Your Love” and “Loser,” featuring YENA, each individually surpassed 46.7 million streams, reflecting balanced listener engagement across the project rather than reliance on a single standout track.

Jin’s growing solo streaming numbers have coincided with an expanding personal following on the platform. According to Starnews Korea, Jin surpassed 10 million followers on Spotify as of Jan. 31, a milestone the outlet described as evidence of his continually growing global listener base as a solo artist, separate from his standing as a member of BTS.

The singer’s solo career has also been recognized through a series of awards over the past year. According to Starnews Korea, Jin was named Best Solo Artist at the inaugural Kstyle Awards, hosted by Japanese Hallyu media outlet Kstyle, and won the Best K-POP Performer category at the 2025 Global Fan’s Choice Awards, co-hosted by Spotify News and Stardom. He additionally won the Male Popularity Award at the 40th Golden Disc Awards and received both Record of the Year and a spot on the Top 20 Songs of the Year list at the 2025 Asian Pop Music Awards.

News of the billion-stream milestone spread quickly among fans following its confirmation. According to KpopStarz, the phrase “JIN HISTORY MAKER” began trending on social platform X as fans celebrated the achievement, with one fan writing, “Congratulations to Jin on reaching 1 BILLION streams on Spotify for Don’t Say You Love Me.”

The milestone arrives as BTS, the seven-member group Jin belongs to, continues its ongoing “Arirang” world tour. According to allkpop, the group is scheduled to perform in Toronto on Aug. 22 and 23 as part of the tour’s continuing itinerary. Separately, BTS released “Keep Swimming,” a remix collection tied to the group’s fifth studio album “Arirang,” earlier this year, featuring genre reinterpretations of the album’s lead track “Swim” from each of the group’s seven members; Jin contributed an alternative rock version of the song as part of that release.

With “Don’t Say You Love Me” now standing as his most-streamed solo track and “Echo” continuing to accumulate plays well beyond its initial release window, Jin’s latest milestone adds to a steadily growing body of individual achievements that have accompanied BTS’s continued group activities, underscoring the commercial staying power of his solo material even as the full group remains actively engaged in international touring and other collaborative projects throughout 2026.

DOVER, Del. — A confirmed tornado tore through Dover, Delaware, on Thursday evening, ripping roofs from two motels along North DuPont Highway and downing trees and power lines across the city, prompting Dover’s mayor to declare a local state of emergency as officials worked to assess the damage.

The tornado struck around 6:18 p.m., according to a report from a trained storm spotter cited by the National Weather Service, who observed a rain-wrapped tornado on the ground with flying debris near East Division Street close to William Henry Middle School. The state of emergency took effect at 6:20 p.m. and remained active while authorities worked to secure damaged buildings and clear affected roads.

The worst damage occurred along North DuPont Highway near Route 13, where the storm tore into the Days Inn and Super Lodge motels, ripping off sections of their roofs. Both properties were evacuated safely, and no serious injuries were reported anywhere in Dover, according to local authorities.

Guests staying at the two motels described terrifying moments as the storm intensified. Kuimonie Goins, of Greensboro, North Carolina, said she was staying at the Days Inn with her family when conditions rapidly deteriorated. “When it started raining, we started seeing like pieces of buildings flying, and then we started to see the tornado form, and then we ran in the bathroom because we were scared,” Goins said. Jiana Hall, of Dover, who was also staying at the hotel, said she immediately moved her children to safety once the danger became apparent. “We immediately grabbed the kids and ran in the bathroom,” Hall said, recalling how she tried to reassure the children while the family waited out the storm. “Everything gonna be OK. Praying,” she recalled telling them.

Randall Butler, a longtime resident of the Superlodge, said he had no warning the storm would strike his home directly. “I didn’t think it was going to hit here. I thought I was going to come home and get some sleep,” Butler said. He was forced to find alternative housing following the damage to the property. “It’s unbelievable. Thank God I wasn’t there,” Butler said.

Dover Police Department spokesperson Lt. Mark Hoffman described the scale of the destruction and the fact that no one was seriously hurt as remarkable given the severity of the damage. “Honestly, it’s a miracle. I don’t know how we made it out of this without anybody being injured,” Hoffman said. He also detailed the dangerous conditions facing utility crews working to restore power in the aftermath of the storm. “As you can see there’s power lines down, significant damage to poles. We have a roof structure hanging over power lines, so it’s creating a dangerous situation for our power crews,” Hoffman said.

Dover Police identified the Division Street and Lockerman Street corridor, along with portions of North DuPont Highway, as the hardest-hit areas of the city. In a social media post, the department urged residents to stay off the roads given the scale of the disruption. “We are also dealing with significant power outages and numerous intersections where traffic signals are not functioning, creating extremely dangerous travel conditions. WE NEED EVERYONE TO STAY HOME AND GET OFF THE ROADS,” police said.

Resident Julian O’Neill described the unsettling experience of the storm passing through, particularly the sound it produced as it moved through the area. “I never experienced anything like it,” O’Neill said. “The craziest part was the sound of it. It was like a whistling sound, almost like a train sound. The rain was so bad and the wind was so bad, you couldn’t really see it. All you could see was the trees bending down like crazy.”

Beyond the two motels, the tornado caused structural damage at a Kraft Foods facility in the area, according to a second trained storm spotter cited by the National Weather Service. Damage was also reported at the Dover Little League complex on Electric Avenue, where fencing and poles were knocked down and a fallen tree struck the facility’s scoreboard. Numerous additional trees and large branches blocked roadways throughout other parts of the city, compounding the disruption to local travel.

DART, Delaware’s public transit authority, dispatched vehicles to help relocate residents displaced from the Superlodge, according to Delaware Public Media. The National Weather Service’s Mount Holly, New Jersey, office, which covers the Dover area, indicated it would send officials to conduct a formal survey of the damage in the coming days to determine the tornado’s strength and confirm the exact path it took through the city. As of this report, no official Enhanced Fujita Scale rating had been assigned to the Dover tornado, and the damage path had not yet been formally surveyed.

Thursday’s severe weather extended beyond Dover itself, part of a broader storm system that swept across the mid-Atlantic region. The same system tore the roof off a school building in central Pennsylvania and brought torrential downpours to the Philadelphia suburbs and the Jersey Shore, according to regional coverage of the storm. A separate funnel cloud was also spotted in Egg Harbor Township in South Jersey during the same system. In Pennsylvania, preliminary storm reports documented severe structural damage in the Columbia area, including collapsed walls, a collapsed shed, and shingles torn from multiple roofs, with the National Weather Service’s State College office scheduling its own damage survey for Eastern York County and Columbia beginning at 8 a.m. Friday.

Dover’s storm system triggered two separate tornado warnings for Kent County on Thursday night, reflecting the sustained and evolving nature of the severe weather threat as it moved through the region. As cleanup efforts continued into Friday, city officials, utility crews and displaced residents faced the task of assessing both the structural damage to the two motels and the broader disruption to power and roadways across Dover, even as police continued urging onlookers to stay away from the affected areas to allow emergency crews room to work safely.