Friday, February 7, 2025 - Authorities are frantically searching for an airplane carrying 10 people that went missing on its way to Nome, Alaska, according to officials.
A Bering
Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome, both in Alaska, failed to land as scheduled
at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Fen. 6, sending local and federal officials into a mad
dash to locate the missing aircraft, the Alaska Department of Public
Safety said.
Search
and rescue crews from Alaska State Troopers and the National Transportation
Safety Board are working to identify the plane’s last known coordinates,
according to the statement.
The
Bering plane, carrying nine passengers and one pilot, was possibly affected by
adverse weather and visibility problems, according to the Nome Volunteer
Fire Department.
“We are
currently doing an active ground search from Nome and from White Mountain and
have as much up-to-date information on the event as possible,” the fire
department wrote in a statement on Facebook.
The
Alaskan National Guard and Coast Guard are also engaged in the search for the
Nome-bound plane that seemed to disappear without a trace, the department
said.
At the
same time, fire officials are asking individuals not to form search parties at
this time due to extreme weather which could result in further missing people,
according to Anchorage Daily News.
Medics
with Norton Sound Health Corporation are currently on standby to render aid to
the plane occupants in anticipation of a possible crash scenario.
As of
early Friday, Feb. 7, the plane is officially reported as “overdue” and has yet
to be classified as a crash or an accident, according to officials.
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