On September 4 , 1971 , Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 , a Boeing 727-100 , crashed into the easterly slope of a canyon in the Chilkat Range of the Tongass National Forest while on approach to Juneau International Airport . All 111 passengers and crew on board were killed . At the time it was the worst single airplane air disaster in United States history
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866
Juneau International Airport