The small, striped plane rolled to a stop on a snow-covered airstrip in a remote western Alaska village not far from where a ...

Federal officials and the Alaska congressional delegation this week outlined the need for better aviation weather technology.

Crews rush to recover remains of 10 killed before snow makes conditions dangerous - Nine passengers and a pilot are missing ...

area it went missing The aircraft was operating between parts of the state that aren't accessible by land vehicles and roads. It was traveling from Unalakleet, Alaska, to Nome, Alaska, a flight ...

Alaska was struck by a profound tragedy Thursday when a Bering Air Cessna Caravan 208 crashed en route from Unalakleet to Nome, claiming the lives of all ten ...

Air travel is common in the vast, remote state, where many cities are not connected by roads. Unalakleet is about 150 miles southeast of Nome, but the cities are entirely separated by water and ...

Bering Air, a regional air service based in Nome, operates passenger and cargo ... of Alaska’s communities “are inaccessible by the road system and depend on air access to provide basic ...

It still had to get to Nome. Airplanes with open-air cockpits were ruled out as unsuited for the weather. There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by ...