At 2.38 p.m. local time on Thursday (2338 GMT), 38 minutes after taking off from Unalakleet, Alaska, the last position of the missing aircraft over sea was monitored.
Law authorities said Thursday that a small commercial plane carrying ten people vanished in Alaska, according to AFP.According to Alaska state police, a Bering Air Caravan that was traveling from Unalakleet to Nome with nine passengers and a pilot was running late. At 4:00 PM Alaska Standard Time (0100 GMT), the plane was last anticipated.
Norton Sound separates the two sites, which are roughly 146 miles (235 kilometers) apart. Search and rescue crews are attempting to locate the plane's last known coordinates, authorities stated.
According to FlightRadar24 data, Alaska-based regional airline Bering Air has a fleet of roughly 39 aircraft, including planes and helicopters.
Where was the last detection of it?
FlightRadar24 trackers discovered the missing aircraft's last known position, over sea, 38 minutes after it took off from Unalakleet at 2:38 PM local time on Thursday (2338 GMT). Usually taking less than an hour, the flight failed to arrive at its destination.
Requests for comment have not yet received a response from Bering Air.
Around 4 p.m., the Bering Air Caravan, carrying nine passengers and a pilot, was reported missing while en route from Unalakleet to Nome, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Its last known coordinates are being sought by officials.
About 150 miles (240 kilometers) southeast of Nome and 395 miles (640 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage sits the little community of Unalakleet, which is home to about 690 people.
According to the Associated Press, the Nome Volunteer Fire Department announced on social media that it was conducting a ground search from Nome and White Mountain. However, aviation search efforts have been limited due to unfavorable weather conditions.
The department warned locals not to perform independent search operations because of the hazardous conditions and stated, "We are limited on air search at this time due to weather and visibility."
According to Alaska's News Source, footage from a Federal Aviation Administration weather camera near Nome shows conditions that were almost completely whiteout for a number of hours on Thursday afternoon.
Located just south of the Arctic Circle, Nome—once a Gold Rush town—is the destination for the 1,000-mile (1,610-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
This incident is the latest in a string of aviation mishaps in the United States. All 67 passengers on board were killed when a passenger jet and a US Army helicopter collided in midair over Washington, D.C., on January 30.
Seven people were killed and 19 injured when a medical plane crashed into a crowded Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after.
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