Stranded Alaska Island Seeks Flights

Reported by NPR on Friday, 23 October 2009 (on October 23, 2009)

The 114 people who live on the Alaskan island of Little Diomede in the Bering Sea have been cut off from passenger air service for more than three months. The usual twin-engine helicopter has been out of service since July, and the single-engine aircraft that Evergreen Helicopters is using instead can't carry passengers over water. Jamie Ahkinga, city clerk and Native Village of Diomede Tribal Council Member, discusses the problem.

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