Aviation

The deadly crash was one of five in the area over the weekend. A crash north of Glennallen also seriously injured two people, officials said.

Transcripts show National Transportation Safety Board investigators homed in on specific times, and the specific workers involved, when work on the problem door plug occurred.

The incident Sunday involved one of four helicopters on a flightseeing trip originating from a lodge, according to a federal investigator.

The directive from the FAA, requiring new inspections after discovering a possible safety concern on Boeing planes, is the third such command Boeing has received in just two days.

The U.S. Department of Justice has chosen not to challenge the $1.9 billion deal.

The union plans to conduct a survey of Alaska Air flight attendants to determine key issues that still need to be addressed.

A Haines-based pilot and two Yakutat residents who owned an air service died in the crash of the Beechcraft Bonanza in late July.

The National Transportation Safety Board released testimony by Boeing employees who said they were pressured to build planes too quickly and not raise safety concerns.

The announcement follows major changes at the regional carrier, including a large cutback to the company’s workforce earlier this year.

Some workers described recurring problems that slowed them down and resulted in work being done out of the normal order, causing pressure to mount.

The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a two-day hearing in Washington into the blowout of a panel from the side of a Boeing 737 Max airliner.

Antitrust enforcers looking into Alaska Air Group Inc.’s plan to buy Hawaiian Holdings Inc. will take more time to decide on the proposed $1.9 billion deal.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say the site was spotted Monday, prompting them to suspend the search for the missing 1948 Beechcraft Bonanza.

According to court filings, the pilot ascribes to beliefs connected to the sovereign citizens movement. He pleaded not guilty to three charges in court Tuesday.

Samuel Wright of Haines and Yakutat residents Tanya Hutchins and Hans Munich were en route from Juneau to Yakutat on Saturday.

No one was injured when the de Havilland turbine Beaver carrying nine people experienced a “power issue” returning to Talkeetna, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

A pilot and eight passengers on a flightseeing plane were rescued Friday after the aircraft lost power and made an emergency landing in the Alaska Range, the National Park Service said.

Roger Holmberg Sr., who faces a federal assault charge and is now banned by Alaska Airlines, was upset his wife was upgraded to first class and he wasn’t, an FBI special agent wrote in a sworn affidavit.

The plane had done several touch-and-gos on the Kenai Peninsula lake before it crashed during another approach, witnesses said, killing a flight instructor and Air Force colonel.

If approved, it would be the first U.S. airline union contact to include pay for flight attendants while passengers are boarding the plane, the union said.

The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing “blatantly violated” regulations by providing investigative information to the media and speculating about causes of the Jan. 5 door plug blowout on a 737 Max 9 in Portland.

U.S. Air Force Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten, the director of operations at Alaskan Command, and Utah flight instructor Paul Kondrat died Tuesday in a crash on Crescent Lake.

Troopers identified the occupants of the plane that crashed into Crescent Lake near Moose Pass on Tuesday as Anchorage resident Mark Sletten, 46, and Utah resident Paul Kondrat, 41.