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The father of a pilot whose float plane went missing over Alaska has confirmed that all three passengers on board have been found alive, according to reports. The adult pilot and two juvenile ...

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 ...

The Alaska commuter plane that disappeared last month before its wreck was discovered with all 10 onboard dead was more than 1,000 pounds overweight at the time of takeoff, according to details of ...

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 ...

Rescuers homed in on the crash site thanks to cellphone pings. Good Samaritans helped save stranded plane crash victims on Monday after their aircraft went missing over a mountain range in Alaska.

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard ...

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 ...

The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft operated by Bering Air was making a 150-mile trip from Unalakleet, Alaska, to Nome, Alaska, a regularly scheduled commuter flight that traverses the Norton ...