The National Transportation Safety Board says the engine fell from the Douglas C-54 just before it crashed along the Tanana ...

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 ...

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 weight is just a “data point" in the ongoing investigation, cautioned Clint Johnson, who leads the NTSB's Alaska region. A final report including probable causes can take a year or more after a ...

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 maintained that aviation remains extremely safe, recent ...

Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new report that the fatal Bering Air Cessna ... on sea ice off Alaska’s coast. It was the third major plane crash in the US ...

The Bering Air flight that recently crashed in sea ice off Alaska, killing 10 ... on sea ice around 30 miles southeast of Nome. "Post-accident examination of the airplane contents indicated ...

The final report released by the National Transportation Safety Board describes a series of sudden and catastrophic mechanical problems that preceded the crash.

A commuter plane that fell from the sky as it flew over Alaska’s Norton ... While the cause of the crash remains under investigation, radar data provided by the U.S. Civil Air Patrol showed ...

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 ...