Alaska plane crash News

Alaska Sightseeing Planes’ Crash Blamed on Blocked Views, Failed Alerts Systems

Two Alaska sightseeing planes collided in 2019 because the views of the pilots were obscured and aircraft-tracking systems failed to warn them about nearby aircraft, federal investigators concluded on Tuesday. Six people died, and 10 people survived. The National Transportation …

NTSB Releases Reports on Alaska Plane Crashes

The National Transportation Safety Board has released preliminary reports on two deadly small plane crashes in September in Alaska. Investigators were unable to find a probable cause for a crash near Big Lake that killed 66-year-old pilot Kenneth Whedbee and …