Alaskan Odds & Ends

State wildlife biologist says the proposed "moose fence" along Minnesota Drive would make things worse, and could increase the number of collisions. Alrighty, then.

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An Alaska Air jet landing at Anchorage on Sunday had to abort & go around due to a chartered 737 that taxied onto the runway without authorization. A spokesman "downplayed the incident Sunday, saying the FAA estimates the two jets were 8,500 feet, or more than a mile, apart and air traffic controllers followed routine procedures."

Passengers were a bit alarmed, they said. Ya think?

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While we're on the topic of aviation, here's something you don't see everyday:  "Injuries minor as plane collides with fishing boat in SW Alaska." It was a floatplane, 'kay? I'll give you two guesses which craft wound up upside down in the water, though. (No fair peeking!)

Sport fishermen assist after a Katmai Air Cessna 207 floatplane flipped after colliding with a fishing boat during takeoff from the Naknek River near the village of King Salmon on Sunday, July 21, 2013.

PHOTO COURTESY CRAIG THOMPSON
 

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/07/22/2985565/plane-collides-with-fishing-oat.html#storylink=cpy

Aw, you peeked!

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And finally, there's this: "Warning to Kodiak boaters: beware of sleeping whales."