Aviation News

Repairs delay plane hit by bird

An Alaska Airlines flight from Juneau to Anchorage was delayed by about four hours on Saturday morning because a bird hit the Boeing 737 as it was landing in Juneau on Friday night.

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AVIATION NEWS

Pilot, young passenger injured when plane crashes on takeoff

The pilot of a Piper Supercub and one passenger suffered only minor injuries when the plane crashed during takeoff from a mountaintop in the Port Alsworth area, Alaska State Troopers reported Saturday.
AVIATION NEWS

Pilot survives Willow Lake crash with minor injuries

A private pilot who crashed his float plane Sunday afternoon trying to take off from Willow Lake only suffered minor injuries, Alaska State Troopers said. The wrecked plane was leaking fuel in the lake after the crash.
AVIATION NEWS

Pilot injured when Super Cub crashes

An injured pilot and his passenger were rescued by the Alaska Air National Guard Wednesday after the pilot's aircraft crashed while landing in the Alaska Range.
ANCHORAGE

Here's what you need to know for the air show

Arctic Thunder, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s open house and air show, is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Gates open at 9 a.m., and the flying starts at 10 a.m. The Air Force Thunderbirds, F-22 Demonstration Team and the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Demonstration...
MILITARY

Military recovers debris from 1952 plane crash

Perched around crevesses crisscrossing a glacier deep in the mountains east of Anchorage, military personnel continued recovering debris Thursday from a 1952 plane crash that killed everyone onboard.
AVIATION NEWS

No one hurt when flightseeing plane makes emergency landing

Alaska State Troopers say a flight-seeing plane carrying eight people made an emergency landing near the Parks Highway around Cantwell.
AVIATION NEWS

Pilot OK after plane clips power line, crashes in North Pole

A 45-year-old woman escaped injury when her bright yellow plane flipped and crashed after clipping some power lines in North Pole.
KODIAK

Military to help build airstrip for Kodiak Island village

A military program that sends soldiers on missions to remote regions of the United States is going to help build a new airstrip for Old Harbor on Kodiak Island.
AVIATION INDUSTRY

Northern Air Cargo leases Kulis space for passenger terminal

Regional air carrier Northern Air Cargo (NAC) has entered in to a lease agreement with Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport for space at the former Kulis Air National Guard base on Raspberry Road. The property will support transportation of Shell Alaska Exploration personnel during the...
MILITARY

Military moves cautiously in identifying plane wreckage

After finding pieces of an old military plane and what are thought to be fragments of its occupants' bones scattered across a glacier east of Anchorage last week, military investigators are working to solve an Alaska aviation mystery.