Pilot dies in ultralight crash near Eklutna railroad tracks

The pilot of a home-built airplane was killed in a crash near Eklutna, authorities said Sunday. An investigation was under way into what happened and when. The pilot's name hasn't been disclosed.

Bush pilot Hudson inexorably linked to mountain, climbers

Cliff Hudson, longtime Alaska bush pilot and one of the state's mountain flying masters, died Friday at 84 at the Palmer Pioneers Home after a long illness.

Cliff Hudson's full obituary

One injured, four walk away from helicopter crash

One person was hurt when a helicopter crashed near Delta Junction.

Goodbye, Grumman Goose, hello, airport to nowhere

Construction is expected to begin this year on a $76 million airport and hovercraft for Akutan, a roadless Aleutian island village of about 100 permanent residents and sometimes 900 seasonal workers served by a single nine-passenger seaplane flying a federally subsidized route twice a day.

Teen survivor's family blames chopper company for fatal crash

The family of the boy who bumped a fuel control lever aboard a helicopter, ultimately causing engine failure and a crash that killed four, says the helicopter operator failed to install a cheap guard that could have prevented the incident.

PDF: NTSB probable cause report

Bumped lever may have caused 2008 chopper crash

A helicopter crash in 2008 that killed four may have been caused by the sole survivor, a teenager not authorized to be aboard the aircraft whose pack accidentally bumped a lever, according to a new report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board.

PDF: NTSB crash report

New airport planned for Akutan in 2012

The state Transportation Department is planning a new airport for the city of Akutan by the fall of 2012.

Cargo jet bumps airport vehicle on Anchorage taxiway

A Japan Airlines 747 cargo jet bumped an airport vehicle as the jet was taxiing at the Anchorage airport Tuesday, a spokesman said. No one was injured, and damage was said to be minor.

Salvors pull wreckage, victims from sea near Sand Point

Crews on Monday began plucking from the sea the fractured wreckage of a cargo airplane that crashed near Sand Point last week, killing two, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Hunt for missing pilots won't resume, Coast Guard says

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Searchers find wreckage, bodies from Sand Point plane crash

Searchers Sunday found the underwater wreckage of a plane that crashed near Sand Point with the bodies of the pilots still strapped inside, troopers say.

Search called off for two missing in crash

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two pilots who disappeared after a twin-engine plane crashed while taking off from the Sand Point airport.

Sand Point man removed from airplane after disturbance

A Sand Point man was removed from a flight at Stevens Anchorage International Airport and arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct, according to court documents.

Aviation security reviews ordered

Stiffer boarding measures met passengers at airport gates Sunday as authorities warned travelers to expect extra delays returning home from holiday after two incidents on airplanes in recent days.

Airport control tower blacked out by power failures

All power systems failed twice Sunday morning in the air traffic facility that guides planes into and out of Stevens Anchorage International Airport via radar, the FAA confirmed Monday.

Portland airline sued over Alaska hangar payments

Portland-based SeaPort Airlines has been sued by an Alaska couple because it stopped making payments on a Juneau airplane hangar purchased last year.

Loss of power forces Cessna to land on tundra; no one injured

A Yute Air flight carrying eight people -- including two children on laps -- was forced to land on the tundra Wednesday night about 17 miles from the village of Tuntutuliak in southwest Alaska, an investigator said.

Airspace restrictions set for Obama visit

The Federal Aviation Administration said flight restrictions will be in place for airspace near Elmendorf Air Force Base during President Obama's visit today.

Pilot in crash that killed biologist recovering

The 35-year-old pilot who survived the crash in which wolf biologist Gordon Haber was killed continues to recover at a Seattle hospital.

Airport unveils remodeled concourses

After more than 10 years of plotting, moving, destroying and rebuilding, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Sunday unveiled the capstone of its makeover: a $200 million overhaul of the old "dark and dreary" concourses A and B.

Video: Airport opening celebration

Fierce flames destroyed parts of crashed plane

The single-engine plane that carried wolf biologist Gordon Haber to his death last week burned so fiercely after it crashed that portions of its aluminum fuselage and wings were turned to ash and smoke, according to a federal investigator.

Airport runway renovation is completed

A $41 million renovation of the main runway at Fairbanks International Airport has been completed.