A search operation is underway in Alaska for a missing plane carrying ten people. The aircraft, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, was operating as Bering Air Flight 445 with nine passengers and a pilot on board, according to Alaska’s Department of Public Safety.
The flight departed from Unalakleet at 2:38 p.m. on Thursday, heading to Nome, but lost contact within an hour. Authorities are working to determine its last-known position, said David Olson, Bering Air’s operations director.
The missing plane was flying from Unalakleet, a western Alaskan community of about 690 people, to Nome, a historic gold rush town located just south of the Arctic Circle. The journey typically takes under an hour.
Nome’s fire department announced on Facebook that active ground searches were being conducted from Nome and White Mountain. However, officials urged the public to avoid forming independent search parties due to weather and safety concerns.
Bering Air provides air services to 32 villages in western Alaska, where air travel is often the only viable mode of transportation, particularly in winter.
This incident comes just two days after a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane operated by Japan Airlines collided with a Delta Air Lines 737-800 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Wednesday.
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