Alaska Air Line
EPA Seeks Penalties For Cruise Ships Air Pollution
The Alaska office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the agency has proposed a $110,000 penalty against Princess Cruises, Inc. and a $55,000 penalty against Norwegian Cruise Line Limited for violating Alaska clean air standards last summer. ... Violations of these state emission limits also violate the federal Clean Air Act and are subject to penalties of up to $27,500 per day for each violation. ( ... EPA Seeks Penalties For Cruise Ships Air Pollution ... [Read More]
NIOSH Topic: Traumatic Occupational Injuries: Commercial Aviation in Alaska | CDC/NIOSH
A disproportionate number of all U.S. aircraft crashes occur in Alaska. Between 1990-1999 there were 915 commuter and air taxi crashes in the U.S. (comprising the 50 states and District of Columbia) of which 234 (26%) were fatal, resulting in 708 deaths. Alaska accounted for 357 (39%) of the total U.S. crashes, 55 of which were fatal (24% of the U.S. fatal crashes), resulting in 149 deaths (21% of all U.S. deaths). Alaska’s aircraft crash rate (crashes per 100,000 flight hours) for air taxi and general aviation during 1992-1994 was 2.5 times higher than the U.S. average. ... [Read More]
Civil Air Patrol Alaska Wing
CAP joined the "war on drugs" in 1986 when CAP signedan agreement with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Customs Serviceoffering CAP resources to be used to stem the flow of drugs intoand within the United States. Today, CAP has similar agreementswith the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Forest Service. CAP has made major contributions to the counterdrugfight by providing aerial reconnaissance, airborne communicationsupport, and airlift of law enforcement personnel. In 1997 alone,CAP units flew nearly 40,000 hours in support of counterdrug efforts. ... [Read More]
ADS-B Becomes Available In Bethel Alaska
The use of ADS-B technology to track air traffic is another success in the FAA's National Airspace System modernization plan to use satellite technology. ADS-B allows pilots in the cockpit and air traffic controllers on the ground to "see" aircraft traffic with much more precision than has been possible ever before. Radar works by bouncing radio waves off of airborne targets and then "interpreting" the reflected signal. ADS-B doesn't need to interrogate targets to display them. Rather, it relies on the satellite-based global positioning system. Each ADS-B equipped aircraft broadcasts its precise position in space via a digital datalink along with other data, including airspeed, altitude and, whether the aircraft is turning, climbing or descending. Unlike conventional radar, ADS-B works at low altitudes and is effective in remote areas or in mountainous terrain where there is no radar coverage, or where radar coverage is limited. ... [Read More]
US Dept of State
Other than the cold, baseline measurements were facilitated by measuring across the flat lagoon ice from mainland point-to-point. Baselines were measured to second-order standards and 4-5 miles long. ... [Read More]
Get To Know Yakutat, Alaska
Alaska Airlines offers daily jet passenger and freight service to and from both Juneau and Anchorage. Flight times vary depending on the season. The local airport is 4 miles southeast of the city of Yakutat. ... Located at the base of the St. Elias Mountains, the city of Yakutat (pop. 633) is a Tlingit settlement on the Gulf of Alaska. Outdoor guide services and commercial fishing are the primary sources of income for most residents, though logging and government also play important roles in the local economy. Yakutat is approximately 220 air miles northwest of Juneau, 218 air miles southeast of Cordova and 342 air miles southeast of Anchorage. The National Park Service maintains a District Ranger Station and Visitor Center which serves both Wrangell-St. Elias and Glacier Bay National Parks and Preserves. ... [Read More]
NTSB - Hearing Schedule
June 13-15, 2005 Crash of Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 ... December 13-15, 2000 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 ... January 26-29, 2000 American Airlines Flight 1420 ... [Read More]
Source Notes, Shipwrecks off Alaska's Coast
Top Cover for America: The Air Force in Alaska, 1920-1983. Missoula,MT: Anchorage Chapter, Air Force Association & Pictorial HistoriesPublishing 1984. ... Haycox, S. 1983. Star Fleet Disaster: MarineSafety on The Alaska Packer's Association "Star" Line, 1893-1929. In:Proceedings of The Alaska Marine Archaeology Workshop May 17-19, 1983, Sitka,Alaska. Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska, Alaska Sea Grant College Program.Sea Grant Report 83-9, Sept. 1983, pp. 95-108. ... [Read More]
NTSB - Aviation
49 CFR Part 830 - Notification and Reporting of Aircraft Accidents or Incidentsand Overdue Aircraft, and Preservation of Aircraft Wreckage, Mail Cargo,and Records ... In-flight Engine Failure and Subsequent Ditching of Air Sunshine, Inc., flight 527, Cessna 402C, N314AB, about 7.35 Nautical Miles West-Northwest of Treasure Cay, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, July 13, 2003. ... [Read More]
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