A desperate search has been launched after a plane carrying ten people disappeared over Alaska.
When the Bering Air Caravan plane did not arrive in Nome at approximately 4 p.m. local time, it was reported to be “overdue.”
There were nine passengers and one pilot on board, and it was leaving Unalakleet.
To do a ‘grid pattern search’ over the water and shoreline, a Coast Guard aircraft has arrived in the vicinity, outfitted with sophisticated technology that enables it to ‘identify items and persons through no visibility conditions.’.
“We are currently responding to a report of a missing Bering Air caravan,” the Nome Volunteer Fire Department said in a statement.
“We are doing an active ground search from Nome and from White Mountain. Due to weather and visibility, we are limited on air search at the current time.”
