WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new surveillance system introduced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Colorado allows air traffic controllers to track aircraft not covered by radar in remote, mountainous regions.
“The new system, called Wide-Area Multilateration, lets us see aircraft we couldn’t see before due to the rugged terrain,” said FAA [...]

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A small aircraft that crashed Saturday afternoon in Maple Ridge, B.C. encountered some kind of engine failure, officials said.
Bill Yearwood of the Transportation Safety Board said that engine failure caused some parts of the engine covers to blow off during flight.

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Columns of thick black smoke were visible coming from the Prince George Airport this week.

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Canada and the US have reached a “tentative agreement in principle” over a dispute that recently erupted over charter flights. The dispute threatened to disrupt the travel plans of teams in the National Hockey League.

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NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, will be installing a new AWOS at Prince George, BC. CYXS

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MEMPHIS, TN – Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL), and the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) have reached a tentative agreement to amend the contract covering the Airline’s 1,250 Pilots. The agreement is the result of contract talks that began in 2005. Pinnacle Pilots must now ratify [...]

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Courtenay, B.C.
Comox Valley RCMP received a call of a small single engine aircraft that crashed into a residential neighbourhood on Falconcrest Drive in Courtenay at approximately 5:00 pm today. (Aug 2nd)
There was one person on board. That person did not survive.

Several witnesses reported debris falling off the plane as it spiralled downward. The plane crashed [...]

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Courtenay, BC: Police and the fire department are currently at the scene of a single engine plane crash that occurred at approximately 5 pm today in the area of Falcon Crest Drive in Courtenay. There is no information available at this time about the number of occupants, their condition and the flight plan.

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