Accidents
Taquan Air Suspends All Operations
The Alaska operation suffered two fatal crashes in May.

Ketchikan, Alaska-based charter operator Taquan Air said it has “voluntarily suspended all of our operations until further notice,” following two fatal accidents within a week’s time. On May 13, a Taquan-operated turbine Otter and a Mountain Service-operated Beaver were involved in a deadly mid-air, and on May 20, a Taquan-operated Beaver suffered a fatal crash. Both accidents occurred in VMC under Part 135.