Even though the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was plagued with mechanical problems and accidents, it had a double-bubble fuselage ...
Initially, their rescuer thought he had spotted the wreckage of a downed plane. But as he got closer, he realized the three ...
Last month, 10 people died when a small commuter plane that was overweight by half a ton crashed onto sea ice in the Norton Sound, near Nome on the state's western coast. And five years ago, a midair ...
They spent a long, cold, dark, wet night out on top of a wing of an airplane that they weren’t planning on,” Godes said.
U.S. Coast Guard officials said the plane had dropped off the radar after experiencing a rapid loss of altitude and speed over the Norton Sound. Authorities said the plane did not emit an ...
A post-accident examination of the airplane contents ... The flight took off at 2:37 p.m., flying west over Norton Sound toward PAOM. At 2:40 p.m., the pilot contacted ARTCC, and the controller ...
The plane’s right wing and right main landing gear broke apart from the aircraft during the Feb. 17 crash-landing, according to preliminary findings GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Delta Flight ...
A rapid descent — at nearly double the speed defined as a “hard landing” — and a flat angle of approach toward the tarmac may have contributed to the plane colliding with and rolling ...