Alaska’s terrain and infrastructure pose unique challenges when flying. Some say the Federal Aviation Administration has been slow to account for these hazards, leaving pilots and customers to fend for themselves, sometimes at risk to their lives.
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The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that federal regulators identify popular air tour areas — like Ketchikan, the Grand Canyon, or New York City — and require commercial flights there to have working early warning systems that can alert a pilot of other close-flying aircraft with on-screen and spoken alerts.
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Six people — including five cruise tourists and a local pilot — were killed, and 10 people were injured when a Mountain Air Service and Taquan aircraft collided above George Inlet during a May 13, 2019 flightseeing trip northeast of Ketchikan.
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