Former NASA chief survives air crash that kills 5

THE former head of NASA whose family hails from Fermoy, Co Cork, is one of four survivors of a plane crash in which five people, including a former US senator, died.

Sean O’Keefe, 54, and his 17-year-old son Jonathan both survived the crash which occurred on Monday night in a remote part of Alaska. However, former Alaska senator Ted Stevens died in the crash.

Mr O’Keefe and his son are believed to have suffered multiple injuries and are being treated in an Alaskan hospital.