Ketchikan-based troopers were alerted by Ketchikan Flight Services of an aircraft enroute to Ketchikan from Klawock attempting to make an emergency landing after missing the Ketchikan airport in the midst of snow showers just before losing contact on Friday morning. The call to troopers went in at 8:26 am reporting that an aircraft, owned by […]
A snowmachine wreck in the Talkeetna Mountains near Yoder Road took the life of a Wasilla teen on Sunday afternoon, troopers reported Monday. According to the report, troopers received a report of the accident at 3:20 pm on Sunday afternoon, the caller advised that the accident was possibly fatal. It was reported to troopers that […]
One is dead, and two others injured in a Sunday evening two vehicle crash on the Parks Highway, troopers report. A call went in to Fairbanks dispatch at 9:25 pm from Palmer police reporting a two-vehicle collision at mile 150 of the Parks Highway. The report advised that “there were injuries and one individual was […]
The Dutch Harbor Airport’s runway was closed for about four hours on Monday after an aircraft accident there on Monday afternoon. According to the report, a Grant Aviation Super King Air 8200 that was returning from Akun Island that afternoon, landed on the runway without landing gear. The Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified of the crash […]