Aviation

The aircraft is named Xáat Kwáani — a Tlingit phrase that translates to “Salmon People.”

The free annual gathering hosted by the Alaska Airmen’s Association featured more than 200 exhibitors from around the world.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused two U.S. Army helicopters to collide over mountainous terrain in Interior Alaska, a spokesman said.

Investigators planned to fly out Monday to the site near Healy where two U.S. Army helicopters crashed, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth, who remains hospitalized.

The two AH-64 Apache helicopters from Fort Wainwright were returning from a training mission when they collided in flight near Healy, Army officials said.

The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport surpassed the Shanghai airport in China.

Internal FAA memos show the matter has been the subject of debate and contention within the agency.

A mechanic wrote that the emergency locator was replaced about a year and a half before the crash, but investigators later discovered it had never been switched out.

Much of the ash cloud from a Russian volcano eruption had dissipated by Saturday. Dozens of Alaska were canceled this week.

Dozens of flights to, from and within Alaska were canceled Thursday due to clouds of volcanic ash drifting from an eruption on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.

Alaska Airlines canceled about two dozen flights on Thursday because of an ash cloud from Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russia Far East.

It took more than seven hours for the roughly 150-foot Boeing 727 cargo jet to be transported from Anchorage to Big Lake, where it will be converted into living quarters for flight students and Airbnb guests.

Another lawsuit filed by the sole survivor blames the delays for his injuries. The pilot, two well-known guides and two Europeans died in the Chugach Mountains near Palmer.

Washington state resident Marc Ryan Hetsler was sentenced to time served after he admitted he confronted a flight attendant, according to a plea agreement this week.

The airline announced new tools Monday that will make it easier for families to sit together.

Alaska’s flight operations staff quickly realized that a software bug was sending bad takeoff weight data to its crews. They immediately figured out a workaround and normal flying resumed.

One Fort Wainwright soldier was flown to a hospital and another was taken by ambulance after the crash, which remains under investigation by military officials.

Moose, eagles and ravens keep wildlife specialists occupied in winter around Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which faces unique challenges.

Wind knocked out power to thousands in Southcentral Alaska, and poor weather led to flight cancellations in Anchorage and Seattle along with hazardous driving conditions in Mat-Su.

Pilots who took certain “check rides” from Talkeetna’s Don Lee will need to get re-certified — generally within 15 days of getting a Federal Aviation Administration notice.

The 747 has taken on numerous roles — a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft — since it debuted in 1969.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the absence of cable markings is part of its investigation into the November crash that killed 46-year-old Palmer resident Joshua Seagrave.

Most recently, five cruise passengers and the pilot died in August 2021 when a Southeast Aviation de Havilland DHC-2 crashed returning to Ketchikan from Misty Fjords National Monument.