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 […]
Alaska State troopers traveled to an aircraft crash site on Saturday after the Soldotna dispatch received multiple calls reporting the crash in Kasilof at 8:11 PM on Saturday evening. When Central Emergency Services and Soldotna-based troopers traveled to South Cohoe Loop Road and arrived at the scene at 3.2 miles down that road, they located […]
Rescue teams were poised to hike through rugged terrain Tuesday toward the wreckage of an Indonesian airliner with 54 people aboard that crashed into a mountain Sunday. A search plane spotted the debris from the crash of Trigana Air Flight 267 in the eastern province of Papua early Monday. The ATR 42-300 twin turboprop disappeared […]