While the bodies of the three heliskiers caught up and buried in an avalanche near Girdwoodremain unrecovered. they have been confirmed dead and identified. According to Alaska State Troopers, the three men were identified as: 39-year-old David Linder of Florida 39-year-old Charles Eppard of Montana 38-year-old Jeremy Leif of Minnesota. The avalanche is reported to […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard ended its search for a missing aircraft with 10 people aboard after it was located Friday afternoon approximately 34 miles southeast of Nome. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew located the aircraft wreckage and lowered two rescue swimmers down to the aircraft. The rescue swimmers located three individuals in […]
One analyst described the catastrophic incident as “a tragedy that will change aviation.” Hundreds of rescue workers continued to scour the Potomac River in dangerously cold conditions Thursday morning after a regional jet operated by an American Airlines subsidiary collided in midair with a Blackhawk military helicopter that was on a training exercise. The plane, […]
On Wednesday evening a serious accident between a pickup and a motorcoach resulted in the death of two according to trooper reports. Troopers were notified of the collision at mile 38 of the Seward Highway at 5:54 pm on Wednesday. Mile 38 is just north of the Seward/Sterling Highway interchange. The trooper reports that the […]