A plane transporting 10 people in Alaska Norton Sound south of the Arctic District disappeared on Thursday afternoon, and the rescuers searched at night like every sign of the aircraft.
According to the Public Security Department, Alaska Bering Air Caravan was aimed from Unalakleet to Nome with nine passengers and a pilot. The authorities worked on establishing their recent well -known coordinates.
Unalakleet is a community of about 690 people in West Alaska, about 240 kilometers southeast of Nome and 640 kilometers northwest of Anchorage.
The disappearance is the third important incident in the US aviation within eight days. The commercial jet and helicopter of the American army collided near the capital of the country on January 29, killing 67 people. In Philadelphia, a medical transport aircraft crashed on January 31, killing six people on board and another person on earth.
According to David Olson, Operational Operation Director for Operational Affairs for Air. According to the American coastal guard, the aircraft took 19 kilometers at sea.
“Bering Air staff work hard to collect details, get emergency help, search and save,” said Olson.
USA coastal side to join in search
Bering Air serves 32 villages in Western Alaska from Hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet. Most destinations receive flights twice a day from Monday to Saturday.
Planes are often the only option of traveling at any distance at the rural Alaska, especially in winter.
Nome volunteer said in a statement in social media that ground teams search on the coast, from Nome to Topkok.
“Due to the weather and visibility, we are limited in search of air in the current time,” he said. People were told that they would not create their own search pages because the weather was too dangerous.
In the update in the early Friday, the department said that “crews are still looking for as many areas as possible”, but “we don't have any updated information about the location of the lost aircraft.”
It was expected that the crew of the American Coast Guard aircraft would search the last known position of the lost plane. According to the fire brigade, the National Guard and soldiers also helped search.
According to the American National Weather Service it was -8.3 ° C in Unalakleet around the start. Light snow and fog fell.
The names of people on board have not yet been issued.
Nome, the city of gold, is south of the Arctic District and is known as the end point 1 610 Iditarod Trail Race Dog Dog.