Alaska Float Plane Crash

• Global BC wins prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for overall excellence

  Reporter Grace Ke also won in the hard news category for her coverage of a fatal floatplane crash in Alaska.

  May 12, 2020
  
• Preliminary report into fatal Alaska plane crash prompts calls for new safety measures

  The crash on May 13 near Ketchikan that killed six people, including a B.C. woman, was one of three fatal plane crashes in the state in eight days.

  Canada

  May 24, 2019
  
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• 2 dead after 2nd small plane crash in Alaska within a week

  Authorities say a pilot and a single passenger have died after a small plane crashed Monday near Ketchikan.

  World

  May 21, 2019
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• B.C. woman killed in Alaska float plane crash along with U.S. husband, friends and family say

  Elsa and Ryan Wilk were among the six people killed after two floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided near Ketchikan.

  May 15, 2019
• Richmond, B.C. woman among 6 killed in Alaskan floatplane crash

  One Canadian is among the four people killed in the Alaska float plane crash on Monday, Global Affairs confirmed.

  Canada

  May 14, 2019
• Federal probe launched into Alaska float plane crash that killed at least 4 people

  A team of federal accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska Tuesday to try to piece together what caused a deadly midair collision between two sightseeing planes.

  World

  May 14, 2019