Alaska state ferry cancels sailings

Published 10:22 pm Thursday, November 24, 2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Marine Highway System has been forced to cancel two sailings on Thanksgiving because of mechanical issues. The sailings were between Ketchikan and Metlakatla.

The 10:30 a.m. sailing from Ketchikan to Metlakatla was canceled as well as the 2:00 p.m. sailing from Metlakatla to Ketchikan.

Engineers were working on fixing the problem so that the 4:30 p.m. departure from Ketchikan to Metlakatla could take place.

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