Plane with 10 on board goes missing over Alaska
Alaska crew members are looking for a plane with 10 missing people on board.
Alaska soldiers received reports at 4 p.m. local time that a Bering caravan carried nine passengers from Unalakleet to Nome and a pilot was overdue Online Statement.
Norm Volunteer Fire Department is at Facebook Posts The pilot told Air Traffic Control “he intends to enter a fixed mode while waiting for the runway to be cleared.”
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The fire department said the Hercules HC-130 will use a device that can help find the aircraft in conditions without visibility, flying the grid mode over the waterline.
The Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage also sent flight support.
The fire department said the ground crew had covered a stretch along the coast from Norm to Topcock, adding: “We continue to expand the search efforts to as many paths as possible until the plane is located.”
The National Transportation Safety Commission said it was monitoring the development, but the agency only started an investigation before determining the fate of the aircraft. It is on a team in Alaska all year round.
Bering Air is a Nome-based airline.
The Cessna Caravan is a single-engine propeller aircraft with about 10 people, including pilots. It is usually reliable and widely used.
Alaska is no stranger to small aircraft accidents, especially in winter, where the weather can make flight very challenging.
What was the case with the loss of contact with Bering Airlines.
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