UPDATE: All Bodies Recovered from Security Aviation Crash Site

UPDATE: All Bodies Recovered from Security Aviation Crash Site

UPDATE: Troopers report that the crashsite was accessed on Sunday and all bodies were recovered and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage for positive identification. ORIGINAL: The Alaska Mountain Rescue Group is organizing to initiate a ground response into the Jean Lake area west of Cooper Landing on Sunday following reports of […]

Pilot in Fatal 2014 Atigun Pass Crash Convicted of Obstruction

Pilot in Fatal 2014 Atigun Pass Crash Convicted of Obstruction

It was announced by Department of Justice Attorney Bryan Schroder on Wednesday that the pilot involved in the fatal August 24th, 2014 Atigun Pass crash was convicted by a trial jury on charges of Obstruction for lying to federal investigators looking into the cause of the crash. 62-year-old Forest Kirst, owner of Kirst Aviation crashed […]