There were six people on board: five passengers and a pilot. The airline said no one was injured.
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FAA suggests steps to improve aviation safety in Alaska. Some experts say they’re not enough.
In a recently released report, the FAA recommended safety measures to address Alaska’s high share of aircraft accidents. The report, which contains few new initiatives or calls for funding, falls short of what’s needed, according to experts.
Wrangell seeks ‘COVID greeter’ to tell visitors about local mandates
Wrangell mandates testing for unvaccinated people arriving in the community, but there is no COVID testing at the airport.
Keeping the Malaspina idled costs nearly twice what the state has disclosed, emails show
Internal emails — some of them completely redacted — show officials were surprised and frustrated with the expense of keeping the ship.
Aviation regulators announce recommendations, but no new rules, to reduce air crashes in Alaska
First on the list is adding to and improving the FAA’s network of weather stations to offer real-time data to pilots.
Now you can watch as the Museum of the North readies the ‘Into the Wild’ bus for display
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has moved the “Into the Wild” bus to a UAF engineering building lab for repairs.
New Juneau-based medevac jet has more room for patients and families
Airlift Northwest’s newest aircraft replaces a slightly smaller Lear Jet 31.
Work on $55 million bridge over slumping part of Denali Park Road could start next year
A melt-caused landslide is accelerating, prompting action to maintain the route used to transport thousands of visitors through the park every summer.
Searching for solutions to Alaska’s high rate of deadly air crashes
Alaska’s share of fatalities in such crashes has increased from 26% in the early 2000s to 42% since 2016.
Belgian woman stopping in Juneau during record-setting solo flight around the world
Zara Rutherford, 19, is attempting to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. She hopes to show other girls and young women they can fly, too. And, to inspire them to get into science, technology, engineering, and math fields.