An Alaska Air spokesperson said via email that the airline can’t safely fly its planes without de-icing equipment. A technician is working on repairs today, and the jet also made it to Dillingham.
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An Alaska Air spokesperson said via email that the airline can’t safely fly its planes without de-icing equipment. A technician is working on repairs today, and the jet also made it to Dillingham.
Chignik Lagoon. July 10, 2019.
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A passenger plane was damaged after it landed and hit a chunk of ice and frozen gravel on the Chignik Lagoon runway Friday morning. No injuries were reported.
The company’s chief pilot, Glen Alsworth, Jr., said the plane left Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage with a load of passengers and landed in Chignik Lagoon shortly after 10 a.m. on Friday.
“Had an uneventful landing, beautiful weather, no mechanical issues, very light winds,” he said.
Alsworth said the plane slowed down and was preparing to turn off the runway.
“There was a chunk of frozen ice and gravel that was not visible to the pilot, kind of right out in the middle of the runway there, until he was right on top of it, and the right main gear hit that and broke the right main gear, so the plane tipped down on its right wing,” he explained.
Plane landing in Alaska damaged after it hits ice, gravel
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 19, 2021 at 9:58 am EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A small passenger plane in Alaska was damaged after it hit ice and frozen gravel when it was landing last Friday, officials said.
Glen Alsworth Jr., the chief pilot for Lake Clark Air, said the plane went down onto a wing after it hit the patch of ice and gravel while landing in the tiny community of Chignik Lagoon. The mishap broke the plane’s main gear.
“There was a chunk of ice and frozen gravel in the middle of the runway that wasn’t visible to the pilot until he was right on top of it,” Alsworth said.