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.

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Injured doctor flies seven round trips to Hawaii

Retired doctor Bill Compton recently completed his seventh round-trip flight to the Hawaiian islands when he returned to Merrill Field in Anchorage on Thursday.

Audio slide show: Injured pilot flies with hand controls

Denali crash pilot in stable condition at Seattle hospital

The pilot injured in last week's plane crash in Denali National Park was in stable, satisfactory condition Sunday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, a nursing supervisor said.

Pilot tried to save wolf biologist after crash in Denali park

Alaska Newsreader: Even pilot's friends amazed at survival story

Pilot tried to save wolf biologist after crash in Denali park

As wildlife advocates mourned the plane-crash death of Gordon Haber, the biologist who spent 40 years documenting the lives and societies of Denali's wolves, his pilot was recovering Friday in a burn center in Seattle after hiking 20 miles back to civilization.

Denali crash kills wolf biologist; pilot survives

Denali crash kills wolf biologist; pilot survives

The pilot of a small airplane that crashed inside Denali National Park survived after walking miles with severe burns before finding help, a park official said early today. His passenger, a well-known wildlife biologist, was killed.

Video: Biologist Gordon Haber tracks Denali wolf pack (Backpacker.com)

Haber's Web site, Alaska Wolves

Alaska pilot lands in highway median in Kentucky

A 62-year-old man flying from Alaska to North Carolina ran out of gas in southern Kentucky and landed safely on a grassy highway median.

Small Army jet lands without wheels at base

An Army aircraft made a gear-up landing on an Elmendorf airstrip Tuesday, though no injuries were reported.

Plane makes emergency landing on Knik-Goose Bay Road

A late-morning flight from Palmer to Wasilla on Thursday turned into more of an adventure than expected for longtime pilot and former aircraft builder Bill Diehl.