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May 14 2019

A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew searches for survivors from downed aircraft in the vicinity of George Inlet near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Searchers recover two missing from mid-air collision, bringing death toll to 6

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | Search & Rescue, Southeast

Six people are confirmed dead from a mid-air collision Monday near Ketchikan and crews recovered the final two on Tuesday evening.

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD - Ketchikan | May 14, 2019 11:33 pm

May 06 2019

SEADOGS’ Geoff Larson introduces a gauze bandage with a missing girl’s scent to Tango, a 4-year-old Golden Retriever which is trained as a trailing or scent discerning dog. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)

Search dogs harness their super-powered noses

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Juneau, Outdoors, Public Safety, Search & Rescue

Search dogs trained by Juneau-based SEADOGS have a sense of smell that is so sensitive that they can locate a body underwater from the gases that rise to the surface. They can also locate someone buried in a mudslide or avalanche by detecting their scent rising up through the soil or snow.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | May 6, 2019 5:00 am

Apr 22 2019

Tech Sgt. Charolette Kane (right) of the Washington National Guard provides support for Tech Sgt. Derek Reese as he jackhammers through reinforced concrete during an urban search and rescue exercise in Juneau on April 12, 2019. Two victims are awaiting rescue on the other side of the slab.

Alaska first responders train up on urban search and rescue techniques

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Juneau, Public Safety, Search & Rescue, Southeast

During an exercise in Juneau, members of the Washington National Guard provided expertise on rescuing victims from buildings collapsed by an earthquake, avalanche or mudslide.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | April 22, 2019 1:17 pm

Apr 10 2019

Body recovered from Mendenhall River

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Juneau, Public Safety, Search & Rescue

According to the Juneau Police Department, a man reported finding a body wedged between rocks in the river across from View Drive around 11:22 a.m. Wednesday.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | April 10, 2019 4:59 pm

Apr 02 2019

The night a Guardian Flight vanished, the Coast Guard’s nearest helicopters couldn’t fly

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Search & Rescue, Southeast

When a Guardian Flight air ambulance plane inexplicably vanished Jan. 29 over Frederick Sound, mechanical failures grounded the nearest Coast Guard helicopters at Air Station Sitka.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | April 2, 2019 12:16 pm

Mar 28 2019

Guardian Flight prepares to end search for missing plane crew

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | Community, Juneau, Search & Rescue, Southeast

Air ambulance company Guardian Flight says it has not been able to find the three crew members who went missing after their plane crashed in Southeast Alaska in January.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | March 28, 2019 4:18 pm

Mar 19 2019

Guardian Flight recovers crashed plane’s voice recorder

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | Community, Juneau, Search & Rescue, Southeast

Air ambulance company Guardian Flight says it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder for its plane that crashed in Southeast Alaska’s Frederick Sound in late January.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | March 19, 2019 1:23 pm

Feb 12 2019

Signal detected from missing Guardian Flight plane

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Juneau, Search & Rescue, Southeast

Searchers have detected an underwater beacon from the air ambulance that vanished en route to the Southeast community of Kake, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | February 12, 2019 5:04 pm

Feb 01 2019

Friends and family of the missing Guardian Flight crew members sit surrounded by community members at a remembrance ceremony at Overstreet Park on Friday, Feb. 2, 2019. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Community mourns loss of missing Guardian Flight colleagues

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Community, Juneau, Search & Rescue

The Juneau-based crew of a medevac plane went missing this week. The news hit the medical evacuation community in Alaska particularly hard.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | February 1, 2019 7:12 pm

Jan 31 2019

Search suspended for missing plane near Kake

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Juneau, Search & Rescue, Southeast

A search has been suspended for the medevac plane that vanished over Southeast Alaska with three crew members on board.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | January 31, 2019 4:18 pm

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Searchers recover two missing from mid-air collision, bringing death toll to 6

Search dogs harness their super-powered noses

Alaska first responders train up on urban search and rescue techniques

Body recovered from Mendenhall River

The night a Guardian Flight vanished, the Coast Guard’s nearest helicopters couldn’t fly

Guardian Flight prepares to end search for missing plane crew

Guardian Flight recovers crashed plane’s voice recorder

Signal detected from missing Guardian Flight plane

Community mourns loss of missing Guardian Flight colleagues

Search suspended for missing plane near Kake

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