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The aircraft crashed after a botched take-off attempt from Runway 06R at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on November 27, 1970. Of the 229 people aboard the jet, 47 perished due to the post-crash fire with 49 people injured. [2] The National Transportation Safety Board conducted an investigation into the accident.
A member of the Anchorage Fire Department described how a fireball rose to around 750 feet (230 m) into the air, an estimated 2 miles (3 km) from Anchorage. [4] Debris from the crash was spread along 200 feet (60 m) of the Alaska Railroad tracks which carry passenger and freight trains daily through the base area, north to Wasilla, although no ...
A helicopter that crashed on Alaska’s remote and vast North Slope in July, killing three state scientists and the pilot, stopped sending flight-status data to a real-time tracking system as it ...
On 27 March 2021, an Airbus AS350B3 helicopter crashed near the Knik Glacier, Palmer, Alaska during a heliskiing trip in Alaska's backcountry.. The crash site. The helicopter crashed into a mountain between Metal Creek and Grasshopper Valley at about 5,500 feet (1,700 m), 10 or 15 feet (3 or 4 m) from the top of the ridge, and rolled some 800 or 900 feet (240 or 270 m) downhill. [2]
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: 5 crew and 83 passengers.
On the day of the accident, the aircraft departed from Anchorage at 15:15 AST and was due to land at Unalaska two hours and 15 minutes later. While descending toward Unalaska, the crew received clearance for a RNAV approach to Runway 13, a 4,501-foot-long (1,372 m) runway. As the aircraft approached the airport, the wind changed from 210 ...
Nov. 14—The Anchorage School District will not reopen schools for its nearly 50,000 students and staff Wednesday because not enough residential streets have been plowed, district officials said ...
On August 9, 2010, a privately operated amphibious floatplane crashed near Aleknagik, Alaska, killing five of the nine people on board.The fatalities included former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, while the survivors included former Administrator of NASA and then-CEO of EADS North America Sean O'Keefe, his son, and future Deputy Administrator of NASA James Morhard.