JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two plane crash victims on Aug. 7 at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve about 300 miles west of Anchorage, near the park’s border with Canada. The National Park Service requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center after receipt of […]
On August 4th, 2018, a de Havilland Beaver belonging to Rust’s Flying Service took off from Talkeetna airport on a 1-hour flightseeing trip with four Polish visitors. A short time later the aircraft’s ELT was triggered on a ridge high on Thunder Mountain 14 miles from the Denali Summit. The pilot, Craig Layson, made contact […]
Alaska State Troopers, Emergency Medical Services and Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a serious crash in the area of West Seldon Road near North Tamar Circle in Wasilla after receiving the report at 10:01 pm on Saturday night according to AST. Upon arrival they found the driver and only occupant deceased at the […]
One driver was declared deceased and the driver and passenger in another vehicle injured after a collision on the Glenn Highway in between Boniface Parkway and Turpin Street on Thursday afternoon Anchorage police report. At 5:29 pm on Thursday APD and the Anchorage Fire Department were called out after a report of a serious collision […]