EADS Says Top North American Executive O’Keefe Crashes in Plane

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European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. said Sean O’Keefe, the head of its North American unit since November, was involved in a fatal plane crash last night in Alaska. His condition remains unknown.

O’Keefe, 54, was a passenger on the private aircraft, Paris- and Munich-based EADS said in a statement today. Four of nine passengers survived the crash, the Coast Guard said.