And in 1972, a plane carrying Alaska's then-Congressman Nick Begich and House Majority Leader Hale Boggs disappeared and is presumed to have crashed. It's not just politicians. Alaskans have to ...

Alaska, a regularly scheduled commuter flight that traverses the Norton Sound, when it crashed on Feb. 6. The plane was initially reported missing but was found atop a "large floating icepack" the ...

Is it less safe to fly now than before? Let’s look at the data. In the US, the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, ...

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 ...

A rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed' Mayor chokes up announcing deaths from Alaskan plane crash 'It’s hard to accept the reality of our loss,' senator says Alaska National Guard ...

A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska, killing all 10 people on board, was half a ton overweight for a trip into icy conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a ...

Juneau, Alaska — A sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The plane's emergency alert beacon was activated around 11: ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small ...

The crash marks the second fatal midair plane crash in the U.S. this year ... D.C., Philadelphia, Alaska and Arizona. Yet the Jan. 29 crash in Washington that killed 67 people is the only fatal ...