Alaska Airlines (AS) is the airline that provides passenger air service to Alaska communities and the Pacific Northwest. It partners with Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines, is headquartered in Seattle, and faces federal oversight of its safety and labor practices.
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Remains of an unidentified WWII airman leave a Sitka grave for a lab that may name him
A Defense Department team recovered the remains of an unidentified World War II airman from a grave at Sitka National Cemetery this summer and sent them to a government lab in Omaha, Nebraska, where forensic analysis could reveal who he was.
The airman is believed to have been aboard a Douglas C-53B Skytrooper, a military version of the DC-3 airliner, that went down in the Bering Sea during the war, Alaska Airlines said in a release Tuesday describing its role.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which searches for and identifies missing service members, was looking for remains in two unidentified graves at the cemetery. It found them in only one, the airline said.
The agency's briefing material lists five World War II unknowns buried at Sitka National Cemetery, believed to be U.S. service members whose remains were recovered but couldn't be identified. Before the agency disinters one, it looks for several lines of evidence that the remains are more likely than not to be identified by medical means.
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Alaska Airlines is a passenger airline, headquartered in Seattle, that serves Alaska communities and the Pacific Northwest. It is part of Alaska Air Group, which also owns Hawaiian Airlines, and it operates regional service through Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines.
For many Alaska towns the airline is the main link to the rest of the state, including smaller communities where jet service is federally subsidized and places served by its cargo fleet. Its routes, fares and aircraft orders shape how Alaskans travel.
Recurring questions involve federal oversight, including Federal Aviation Administration safety fines, and labor issues such as crew meal and rest breaks and the integration of pilot seniority after the Hawaiian merger. Fuel costs weigh heavily on its finances.