Photos: Anchorage airport’s north-south runway reopened, offering some relief from jet noise
The two-year widening project on Runway 15-33 has sent jets soaring over Anchorage neighborhoods since April, and last summer too.
Aviation
He was trying to photograph a plane takeoff from Arctic ice for his kids. The plane hit him in the head.
The bizarre 2018 accident near Deadhorse revealed a world most Alaskans rarely see: military research and training on the ice of the Arctic Ocean.
Anchorage airport runway project is almost finished
Good news: Aircraft will no longer need to take off over the city.
How to evacuate a plane
An emergency evacuation takes alertness, compliance and speed. So, please, pay attention.
Retiring pilot honored with water cannon salute at Anchorage airport
Wally Niles of Wasilla started work for Northern Air Cargo in 1980 and flew the DC-6, Boeing 727, Boeing 737 and Fairchild “Flying Boxcar.”
Small plane makes emergency landing on Glenn Highway near Eklutna
There were no injuries or traffic delays reported in the incident Friday evening.
NTSB comes to Alaska to find solutions to string of air crashes
The federal agency that investigates aviation accidents put a spotlight on the problem Friday in an unusual roundtable in Anchorage with air carriers, regulators and flight experts.
Alaska aviation crashes bring federal board to Anchorage for roundtable on safety
The National Transportation Safety Board will hear from experts about “safety gaps” that officials believe have contributed to scores of deaths.
Pilot, passenger uninjured after small-plane crash across Cook Inlet from Anchorage
The Piper PA-18 aircraft and two people were found Saturday about 28 miles northwest of Tyonek.
Lightning strikes Alaska Airlines jets in Southeast
Alaska Airlines said flights 64 and 65 had lightning strikes from storms that moved through the northern Panhandle and also knocked out power in Juneau.
Aviation safety auditor Medallion Foundation to close in September
The nonprofit — formed under the guidance of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens in 2001 to reduce aviation fatalities — said it will close its doors on Sept. 15, citing reduced funding from the FAA.
Three Girdwood residents were among four dead in mountainside plane crash
The fourth victim was visiting from Arizona, Alaska State Troopers say.
Witness saw ‘aggressive flight maneuvers’ before plane crash above Girdwood, report says
Longtime Girdwood resident Karl Erickson, a friend’s adopted grandson and two others died in the Aug. 4 crash on Goat Mountain.
Pilot in fatal Ketchikan crash told relatives the weather forecast ’wasn’t looking good,' report says
Michael Nash died in July after his Piper PA-24-180 crashed into a hill about 4 miles from the city.
Text messages before fatal plane crash near Girdwood reveal new details
A close friend says Karl Erickson told him before takeoff that he wasn’t the pilot. The crash killed four people, including Erickson and three other men.
Teams recover remains of four killed in plane crash near Girdwood
The plane was registered to Karl Erickson of Girdwood. Federal filings indicate he was not allowed to fly passengers, though authorities have not confirmed he was the pilot.
Four dead in plane crash near Girdwood witnessed by elite Alaska skiers on glacier
The wreckage of the plane was incinerated in a post-crash fire, the National Transportation Safety Board said. No one survived.
Family described ‘choppy’ water before floatplane crash near Homer that killed father
The de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver ended up upside down with its right wing torn off and floats partly detached, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
NTSB: Plane in Bethel crash July 8 failed first landing try, then stalled after controller’s ‘urgent’ instruction
All five passengers aboard the Grant Aviation commuter flight survived, with minor injuries, after the pilot got them out of the plane.
Missing Wasilla pilot’s plane found more than 4 months after he went missing in Alaska Range
Timothy D. Twohy, 61, disappeared in March en route to Wasilla in his red-and-white Cessna 172.