Because Alaska’s terrain is so vast and its infrastructure is so inadequate, flying is a necessary form of transportation there.
Traveling by small aircraft is frequent since most settlements are not linked to the built road system that serves the most populated portion of the state.
Goods are transported to many villages by barge or by air, and some high school teams travel to athletic competitions against rival high schools.
In eight days, the aircraft crash is the third significant aviation accident in the United States. On January 29, 67 persons were killed when an Army helicopter and a commercial.
Airliner crashed close to the country’s capital. On January 31, six passengers and one person on the ground perished in a medical transport aircraft accident in Philadelphia.
With hubs in Nome, Kotzebue, and Unalakleet, Bering Air provides service to 32 settlements in western Alaska. Monday through Saturday, flights are scheduled twice day to most locations.
