JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a pilot after his plane crashed in the vicinity of Ptarmigan Pass about 130 miles northwest of Anchorage, Aug. 3. The pilot’s brother contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center Thursday morning with concern that the pilot was […]
MOSCOW — Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday search teams have found the main flight data recorder from a military passenger plane that crashed over the weekend in the Black Sea. Russian news agencies said the device would be delivered to Moscow for analysis, as investigators try to figure out what caused the crash. Late Tuesday, media […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and a Temsco aircrew rescued four people after their Cessna 180 aircraft crashed in Lynn Canal, near Juneau, Alaska, Wednesday. The Coast Guard aircrew transported three Cessna passengers to the Juneau airport where emergency medical services transported them to Bartlett Regional Hospital. The Temsco aircrew transported […]
At approximately 8:45 pm on Sunday, Alaska State Troopers received a 911 call reporting a plane crash near the Talkeetna Airport. Troopers and EMS immediately responded to the area and took up a ground search in an effort to locate the downed aircraft and its pilot. After searching the area for about 20 minutes, troopers […]