A aircraft carrying 10 folks went lacking over Alaska, prompting a search and rescue operation, officers mentioned.
The Alaska Division of Public Security reported that the plane, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by Bering Air, disappeared whereas flying from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday at round 4 pm native time. It had 9 passengers and one pilot on board.
Flight information point out that the aircraft departed Unalakleet at 2.37pm and final transmitted knowledge at 3.16pm over the Norton Sound space, in line with KTUU. Search groups are working to achieve the final identified coordinates.
The incident follows a lethal week in aviation, with a aircraft crash in Philadelphia killing 4 and a mid-air collision between a army plane and a jet in Washington, DC, claiming 67 lives.