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Remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash recovered

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, February 10, 2025 at 09:12
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The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been

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Weather equipment failures at Yakutat airport draw political focus, spotlight rural Alaska aviation challenges

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 6, 2024 at 16:02 — Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2024 at 15:14
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Yakutat Airport’s weather system issues have finally caught a state senator’s attention, prompting a recent summit to find solutions and

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Pilots fear fuel shortages amid sudden airspace closures in Russia’s North

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 11:00
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Drone attacks north to the Kola Peninsula have several times in the last few weeks caused aviation authorities to shut

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Remote flight school for First Nations to open in Faro, Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 26, 2024 at 10:10
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By Tessa Vikander  Organizers say their goal is to offer the program in several communities A new flight school for

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GPS interference prevented Finnair’s airplane from landing in Joensuu

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 13:05
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By Hannah Thule The aircraft had to return to Helsinki. On Tuesday morning, a Finnair aircraft traveling from Helsinki to

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Airplane ticket prices in Russia are up 40%

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 25, 2024 at 10:19
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By Elizaveta Vereykina The cost of flying to the Arctic city of Murmansk has risen up to 76%. In February

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Russian jamming disrupting GPS signals for Norwegian aviation almost daily

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 09:01
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Pilots flying the Finnmark region see a sharp spike in disturbances of navigation caused by Russian electronic warfare units located

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2 female Inuit pilots made history flying together. They hope it’s a start

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 9, 2024 at 10:27
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By Rachel Watts · CBC News  ‘Seeing somebody who looks like you and is like you is important,’ says pilot from Inukjuak

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Coroner investigating fatal plane crash near Fort Smith, N.W.T.

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 10:58 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 11:34
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Aircraft carrying Diavik employees went down 500 metres from end of airport runway Tuesday morning A Northwestern Air plane that

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Resupply of aviation fuel in Norman Wells, N.W.T., slated for January

CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 22, 2023 at 12:04
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By Robert Holden · CBC News  Airlines still having to ‘eat the cost’ of the delay, says North-Wright Airways Imperial Oil is

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Norman Wells, N.W.T., is running out of aviation fuel

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 09:21
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‘To have this land on our lap, it’s not good, It’s not good at all,’ says North-Wright Airways president The

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Canadian North teams up with university to tackle pilot shortage

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 16:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 16:26
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A nation-wide pilot shortage has prompted a Canadian airline serving the Arctic to team up with an Alberta university to

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Small plane makes unexpected landing on Alaska Highway in the Yukon

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:43
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Yukon’s highway rest stops see plenty of cars, trucks and RVs, but airplanes? Not so much. That’s why Adam Skrutkowski was

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A file photo of a Canadian North plane. (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic)
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Northern airlines in Ottawa to talk wildfires, climate change and infrastructure

CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 22, 2023 at 09:23
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By Caitrin Pilkington · CBC News Members of the Northern Air Transport Association (NATA) were in Ottawa on Thursday to discuss the

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Airlines’ new routes from N.W.T. to Ontario can capitalize on int’l tourism: expert

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:14
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By Jenna Dulewich · CBC News 2 airlines announced direct or same-day flights from Yellowknife to Ontario As airlines announce new connections

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Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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