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Yahoo
09-02-2025
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Alaska plane recovery efforts hindered by "difficult conditions," official says
Recovery efforts for the remaining victims inside an aircraft that went missing near Nome, Alaska, are being dampened by "difficult conditions," according to investigators. The wreckage of the Bering Air Flight 445 is on an ice floe that's moving approximately 5 miles a day, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said at a news conference on Saturday. She added that the area where the Cessna 208 Caravan went down also is expecting some snow, which will hinder the complex operation. "The NTSB knows that villages like Nome and Alaska aviation are tight-knit communities, so this tragedy affects so many," Homendy said. "Please know that we will work diligently to determine how this happened with the ultimate goal of improving safety here in Alaska and across the United States." Homenday said victim recovery is the NTSB's primary focus, and second to that is recovering the Caravan wreckage. All 10 people, including the pilot, were believed to have died in the crash and three bodies have recovered. None of them have been identified. The Coast Guard said Friday that other seven victims were believed to be inside the aircraft, but were "currently inaccessible due to the condition of the plane." Investigators told CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave on Saturday that the aircraft is not equipped with voice or data recorders as it is not a requirement. Following victim recovery, authorities will search for other avionic components that store electronic data which may help paint a clearer picture of what led to the crash. The Bering Air Caravan that initially went missing on Feb. 6 on its way to Nome experienced a rapid loss in altitude and speed, prompting the Coast Guard to launch a search and rescue operation, officials said earlier. It was the third major U.S. aviation incident in eight days. An American Eagle flight and Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and plunged into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, killing all 67 people on the two aircraft. A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, killing the six people on board and one more on the ground. Search for plane that went missing off Alaska with 10 people on board Hamas releases 3 hostages, a sigh of relief for their families and Israel Judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Americans' sensitive data
CBS News
09-02-2025
- General
- CBS News
Alaska plane recovery efforts hindered by "difficult conditions" as wreckage stuck on moving ice floe
Recovery efforts for the remaining victims inside an aircraft that went missing near Nome, Alaska, are being dampened by "difficult conditions," according to investigators. The wreckage of the Bering Air Flight 445 is on an ice floe that's moving approximately 5 miles a day, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said at a news conference on Saturday. She added that the area where the Cessna 208 Caravan went down also is expecting some snow, which will hinder the complex operation. "The NTSB knows that villages like Nome and Alaska aviation are tight-knit communities, so this tragedy affects so many," Homendy said. "Please know that we will work diligently to determine how this happened with the ultimate goal of improving safety here in Alaska and across the United States." Homenday said victim recovery is the NTSB's primary focus, and second to that is recovering the Caravan wreckage. All 10 people, including the pilot, were believed to have died in the crash and three bodies have recovered. None of them have been identified. The Coast Guard said Friday that other seven victims were believed to be inside the aircraft, but were "currently inaccessible due to the condition of the plane." Investigators told CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave on Saturday that the aircraft is not equipped with voice or data recorders as it is not a requirement. Following victim recovery, authorities will search for other avionic components that store electronic data which may help paint a clearer picture of what led to the crash. The Bering Air Caravan that initially went missing on Feb. 6 on its way to Nome experienced a rapid loss in altitude and speed, prompting the Coast Guard to launch a search and rescue operation, officials said earlier. It was the third major U.S. aviation incident in eight days. An American Eagle flight and Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and plunged into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, killing all 67 people on the two aircraft. A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, killing the six people on board and one more on the ground.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
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- Yahoo
Alaska missing plane latest: Air Force and Coast Guard search for 10 onboard Bering Air jet
A plane carrying 10 people went missing in rural Alaska during a dangerous winter storm, with the U.S. Coast Guard and Air Force scouring the ground for survivors and medical personnel 'standing ready'. The aircraft, operated by Bering Air, was reported missing just before 4 p.m. local time on Thursday while en route from Unalakleet to Nome in the west of the state. Nine passengers and a pilot were on board the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on Bering Air Flight 445, according to Alaska's Department of Public Safety. The plane took off from Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m., and officials lost contact with it less than an hour later when it was believed to be about 12 miles offshore, according to the director of operations for Bering Air, David Olson. It went off radio roughly 10 minutes before its scheduled arrival in Nome. 'The plane's exact location is still unknown. We continue to expand search efforts to as many avenues as possible until the plane is located,' the Nome Volunteer Fire Department wrote in an update late on Thursday. Alaska Senator, Dan Sullivan, took to Facebook to offer his 'thoughts and prayers' for the 'passengers, their families and the rescue crew'. 09:29 , James Liddell 09:27 , James Liddell The Nome Volunteer Fire Department, which is conducting an active ground search of Nome and the White Mountains, said the precise location of the aircraft is not clear. 'The plane's exact location is still unknown. We continue to expand search efforts to as many avenues as possible until the plane is located,' the fire department wrote in an update late on Thursday. 09:23 , James Liddell Nine passengers and a pilot were on board the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on Bering Air Flight 445, according to Alaska's Department of Public Safety. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department is conducting an active ground search in Nome and the White Mountains, according to a Facebook post. The search has been hampered by poor weather conditions and visibility. The Coast Guard and U.S. Air Force stepped in with flights planned to scope out the area and attempt to locate the missing aircraft.
