A serious aircraft/watercraft accident occurred on the Mulchatna River on just after 2pm on Wednesday afternoon when a DHC2 Beaver taking off from that location suffered a loss of altitude caused by a downdraft. The downdraft caused the Beaver to drop and one of the aircraft’s floats struck a man operating an eighteen-foot skiff on the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four men, ages 18 to 26, after their plane went down at the toe of Skilak Glacier last night. The pilot of the downed Cessna 172 aircraft texted family to request help and they notified the Alaska […]
