The airline sent a second plane from Bethel to pick up the pilot, the passengers and their luggage from the lake.
Transportation
Juneau fuel companies say weather is delaying heating oil deliveries
Some things that can help speed up fuel deliveries are plowing and sanding driveways, clearing a path to the tank, clearing snow or ice above the tank and loosening the fill pipe with a pipe wrench.
ATVs are now street legal in Petersburg
Local governments are allowed to opt out, but Petersburg’s assembly hasn’t made that decision.
Alaska Airlines will reduce flights due to omicron staffing shortage
Alaska Airlines will reduce flights by 10% through the end of January due to omicron-related staffing challenges, the company said in a statement Thursday.
Bethel residents donate food and music to a new batch of stranded air travelers
Bethel resident Aggie Gregory has been trying to keep stranded passengers fed since early December.
Alaskans are stuck on vacations that won’t end
Nationally, airlines have cancelled more than 15,000 flights since Christmas Eve due to a combination of weather and employees sidelined by COVID-19.