Alaska Sightseeing Planes' Crash Blamed on Blocked Views, Failed Alerts Systems
Alaska Sightseeing Planes’ Crash Blamed on Blocked Views, Failed Alerts Systems By Becky Bohrer and Tom Krisher | April 22, 2021 Two Alaska sightseeing planes collided in 2019 because the views of the pilots were obscured and aircraft-tracking systems failed to warn them about nearby aircraft, federal investigators concluded on Tuesday. Six people died, and 10 people survived. The National Transportation Safety Board in its probable-cause finding determined that the limitations of the “see and avoid” concept prevented the pilots from seeing each other...