A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an ...

Alaska State Troopers said. It is not clear at this stage how the plane crashed. An investigation into the crash has been launched, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Small airplanes like the Cessna Caravan in this crash are the workhorses of Alaska, where most of the state's 200-plus villages are beyond the road system and only accessible by air or boat.

The wreckage was found the following day, Feb. 7, on sea ice off Alaska’s coast. It was the third major plane crash in the US in just over a week. The official cause of the crash has not yet ...

“It’s a cold dark place out there at night,” pilot Terry Godes said of the area of the crash scene ... and partially submerged into a frozen Alaska lake. Terry Godes told the Associated ...

Juneau, Alaska — A man and two children were found with non-life-threatening injuries Monday near the wreckage of a small plane on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula that had been reported overdue the ...

Two young girls and a pilot miraculously survived a plane crash Sunday by huddling atop ... leading fellow aviator Dale Eicher to contact Alaska State Troopers. “I wasn’t sure if we would ...

There were no survivors, making it one of Alaska’s deadliest plane crashes in recent history. A subsequent investigation into the brutal crash revealed the small plane was significantly heavier ...

After 15,000 close calls at one airport, FAA takes action. Recent aviation incidents in the U.S. The crash in Alaska came amid heightened scrutiny of air safety in the U.S. Though experts have ...

The Feb 6. Bering Air crash was one of Alaska's deadliest plane crashes this century and the third major U.S. aviation mishap in an eight-day stretch. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter ...

The plane involved in the Alaska regional airline crash that killed 10 people was found to be about half a ton overweight for a flight in icy conditions, US investigators said on Wednesday.

The tragedy shook the city of Nome, a community accustomed to travel by small plane across Alaska’s vast landscapes. The crash came just a week after an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk ...