This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.
The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012.
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The Juneau-bound icebreaker has design problems and a history of failure. It’s America’s latest military vessel.
On its maiden voyage to Alaska in 2012 ... and Coast Guard helicopter crews braved a storm to pluck 18 men off the wildly lurching deck of the rig before it crashed into a rocky beach.
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The U.S. desperately needs icebreaker ships. The one it has is a design failure
This story was originally published by ProPublica. The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship was built to operate in the Arctic, but it has a type of propulsion system ...
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This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.
Its waste and discharge systems weren’t designed to meet polar code, its helicopter ... rocky coastline of Alaska during a December 2012 storm. Second image: Waves crash over the Kulluk after ...
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What we know about the Alaska commuter plane crash that killed all 10 people aboard
Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators ...
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Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter
As is typical for Alaska Guard missions, an HC-130 tanker from the 211th RQS escorted the helicopter as it flew for air-to-air refueling. The helicopter reached the crash site and picked up both ...
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Small plane with 10 dead found crashed in Alaska
A small commuter plane that crashed ... of the Alaska State Troopers. The disappearance marks the third major incident in U.S. aviation in eight days. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter ...
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Authorities identify 10 people who died in Alaska plane crash
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The bodies of all 10 people who died in a crash of a Bering Air caravan ... the operation including two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, a Nome-based UH-60L Black Hawk, an HC ...
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Two Alaska plane crash victims ID’d as tribal health workers who ‘made lasting impact on rural communities’
A pair of employees with a nonprofit tribal health organization were among the 10 people killed in a harrowing plane crash off the western coast of Alaska this week. Rhone Baumgartner and Kameron ...
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Crews rush to recover commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice before expected snow and wind
Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years, authorities are racing to recover their remains and the wreckage of the ...
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Alaska crews recover remains of all 10 plane crash victims, authorities say
The Alaska crash was the third fatal U.S. plane collision in eight days. A passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed midair near Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, killing 67 people. A medical ...