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Mary Peltola: “82% of our communities are not accessible by any other way…”

Featuring: Mary Peltola, Democratic | Former U.S. House Representative, Alaska At-Large

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Peltola Questions FAA Admin On The Continued Rise In ‘Accident Rates’ On Alaska Airlines Flights

Published | Video Starts at 01:11

The 8th is inaccessible due to some flooding or some other climate conditions. So we will make sure that that continues as well. Okay, excellent. And as you say, Alaska is unique. I think 82% of our communities are not accessible by any other way except airplane. The FAA passed, or the house passed, the FAA Reauthorization bill, and it included section 510, the Don Young Aviation Safety Initiative, which calls on aviation stakeholders to work together … (01:11–01:17)

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Asserts that 82% of communities in Alaska can only be accessed by airplane.

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