On Friday, rescuers looked for any sign of a plane that was lost while carrying 10 people across AlaskaNorton sound south of the Arctic circle.
Bering Air Caravan, a one -engine turbine, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot, according to the Ministry of Public Safety in Alaska. The authorities were working to determine the latest well -known coordinates.
Unalakleet is a community of about 690 people in West Alaska, about 150 miles (about 240 km) southeast NOME and 395 miles (about 640 km) northwest of the marina.
The disappearance represents the third main accident in American aviation in eight days. A commercial plane and an army helicopter It collided near the nation’s capital On January 29, 67 people were killed. Medical transport plane It crashed in Philadelphia On January 31, the six people were killed on the plane and another person on the ground.
Cessna Caravan Unalakleet left at 2.37 pm, and officials lost her contact after less than an hour, according to David Olson, director of Being Air operations. The US Coast Guard said the plane was 12 miles (19 km) abroad. It was working with the maximum passenger capacity, according to the airline description of the plane.
“Employees at Bering Air are working hard to collect details, and get help in emergency, search and rescue situations,” Olson said.
Bering Air offers 32 villages in West Alaska from axes in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet. Most of the destinations receive schedules twice daily from Monday to Saturday.
Aircraft are often the only option to travel to any distance in Alaska countryside, especially in the winter.
The volunteer Nome Fire Department said in a social media statement that the ground crews were searching across the coast, from Nome to Topkok.
“Because of the weather and clarity, we are limited to research at the present time,” he said. People were told not to form their search parties because the weather was very dangerous.
In an early update on Friday, the administration said: “The crews are still searching on the ground, and they suffer from as much space as possible,” but “we have no updated information on the site of the missing plane.”
The American Coast Guard plane crew is expected to discuss the last known site of the missing plane. The Fire Department said that the National Guard and the forces were helping to search.
It was 17f (-8.3C) in UNAKLEET around the takeoff, according to national weather service. There was light snowfall and fog.
The names of people were not released on board.
sleepThe Golden City of Rush is located directly south of the Arctic circle, and it is known as the end of the 1,000 miles of Slipped dog race (1,610 km).
