“If Trump’s DOJ hadn’t worked out a deal to help Boeing avoid going to trial for its crimes, that trial would be starting on Monday.” A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jet carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed in a residential area in western India shortly after takeoff on Thursday afternoon local time, a catastrophic incident […]
On Sunday night, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of an overdue Piper PA-12 Supercruiser aircraft that had not returned as scheduled. Initial information led troopers to believe that the location of the downed aircraft was either Tustumena Lake or the Kenai Mountains east of Homer. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center and the Coast […]
The recent tragic crash of a Bering Air Cessna 208B EX (N321BA) near Nome, Alaska, has renewed questions regarding design flaws in the Cessna 208B and the dangers of flying the aircraft in icing conditions. Preliminary flight tracking evidence suggests a loss of control of the aircraft while flying in weather conducive to airframe icing. The […]
The Alaska State Troopers, NTSB, and Alaska National Guard aircraft and personnel conducted recovery efforts Saturday at the site of the Bering Air plane crash. Two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, a Nome-based UH-60L Black Hawk, an HC -130J Combat King II and a team of pararescuemen worked to recover the victims. The bodies have been […]