Iranian rescue teams, battling weather and mountainous terrain, have located the wreckage of a plane that crashed with 65 people on board, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported Monday. The Aseman Airlines flight left Tehran Sunday morning for the city of Yasuj in Isfahan province, but went down in the Zagros mountains. Officials fear all […]
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett participated in a ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Dutch Harbor, Saturday. After mooring in Dutch Harbor, the crew conducted public tours aboard the cutter and provided a shuttle service for visiting WWII veterans and Aleut evacuees. The […]
Alaska State Troopers have released the names of the pilot and passengers involved in the fatal air crash that took place north of Iliamna on Tuesday. According to the trooper dispatch, “The Pilot has been identified as John Furnia, 54 of New York. The surviving passengers are identified as Justin L. Schillaci, 27 of Pennsylvania; […]
Troopers are reporting a plane crash with fatalities in the Iliamna area this morning, it has been reported that a DeHavilland DHC-3T Turbine Otter on floats has gone down with 10 people aboard shortly before 6:30 am this morning. An Iliamna-based trooper has responded to the crash site at Eastwind Lake just north of the airport there.Rescue […]