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On September 4, 2022, a DHC-3 Turbine Otter single-engine floatplane on a passenger flight from Friday Harbor to Renton, Washington, U.S., crashed into the waters of Mutiny Bay near Whidbey Island, killing all ten people on board. [1] [2] [3] The plane was operated by West Isle Air doing business as Friday Harbor Seaplanes, a service owned by ...
A small plane that crashed in Alaska last month, killing a bush pilot who was featured on a reality TV show and a hunting guide, apparently struck a tree during takeoff from a rural airstrip, an ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series, was killed along with a hunting and fishing guide from ...
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashed into a mountain in the Chilkat Range near Juneau, on September 4, 1971, killing all 111 on board. It was the first fatal jet airliner crash for Alaska Airlines, and the worst plane crash in the history of the United States until June 24, 1975.
The deadliest crash so far in 2024 is the crash of a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 on 24 January, with 74 people reportedly on board. [58] The deadliest crash of a scheduled commercial flight occurred when a BAe Jetstream 32 operating Northwestern Air Flight 738 crashed shortly after takeoff on 23 January, killing six out of the seven on board.
1950 Douglas C-54D-1-DC disappearance. On 26 January 1950, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster serial number 42-72469 disappeared en route from Alaska to Montana, with 44 people aboard. [1] [2] The aircraft made its last radio contact two hours into its eight-hour flight. Despite one of the largest rescue efforts carried out by a joint effort between ...
Nick Begich. Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr. [2] [3] (born April 6, 1932 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He is presumed to have died in the crash of a light aircraft in Alaska in 1972; his body was never ...
On February 10, 2023, the United States Air Force shot down a high-altitude object that had entered U.S. airspace over Alaska a day before. The object was shot down onto the Beaufort Sea. The Department of Defense said it was the size of a small car and flying northeast at approximately 40,000 feet (12,000 m), posing a risk to civilian flight.