FAA may take action against pilot who survived sinking
A pilot who was rescued after spending the night on the wing of a sinking plane with two young family members is not ...
Probe continues in misuse of student license for pilot whose plane was submerged in icy Alaska lake
An investigation continues for an Alaska pilot who waited for hours in an icy lake for rescue on the wing with two young ...
Pilot rescued with 2 girls from Alaska lake was not authorized to have passengers, official says
The pilot has neither returned federal investigators’ calls nor reported the accident within the required 24-hour period.
Pilot Rescued with Daughters After Spending Night on Crashed Wing Was Not Authorized to Have Passengers: Officials
We don’t know whether he landed purposely or for an emergency procedure, and he’s not talking to us," an investigator said ...
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How to save a glacier
Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see ...
Glaciers are melting fast—putting millions at risk for flash floods
Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another.
Plane crashes on icy Alaska lake; father, 2 girls survive by sitting on wing
Terry Godes, the pilot who found the plane wreckage, said it was a miracle the man and his daughters survived the crash and ...
Hilltop 4th Annual Sink or Skim Pond Skim
A group of environmental science and math students from Dimond High School joined Chief Meteorologist Melissa Frey at the ...
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Waterfront on Glacier hotel abruptly closed, guests evicted, by city due to building permit issues
The Waterfront on Glacier hotel, which opened last year after an extensive remodel of what for many years was the Breakwater ...