“We had Santa on the second flight,” the lead pilot said. “He was with the medics.”
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Update: Wreckage spotted in search for plane that went missing on its way to Ketchikan
The plane was last heard from near Cape Yakataga northwest of Yakutat on Sunday.
Japanese climber survives thousand-foot fall from Denali with minor injuries
Hatanaka’s climbing partner witnessed the fall but could not see or get to the place where he came to rest.
6 stranded snowmachiners rescued from glacier near Paxson
AN SOS message from the snowmachiners said they were out of fuel and not dressed for the weather and that one of them was going into hypothermic shock.
As more Alaskans are rescued from wilderness, this is what happens once you hit SOS
The main frustration in the rescue community with locator beacons is that too often people don’t register them, omitting crucial information that can save searchers hours.
Searchers look for unknown plane that sent distress signal near St. Mary’s
A Civil Air Patrol team from Bethel searched from Aug. 29–Sept. 1 but did not find any signs of a plane crash.