The plane with 10 people suddenly disappeared from the radars. Search is underway

Bering Air, who flew out of Unalakleet to Nome in West Alaska on February 6, disappeared from the radars. The services are actively looking for a missing machine, a small Cessna 208B, on the deck of ten people. The action has been going on for several hours, but the exact location of the aircraft is still unknown. It is known that visibility during the 8E445 flight was not the best.

The plane disappeared from the radars

The route of today’s flight 8E445 Bering Air lines breaks several dozen kilometers southeast of the city of Nome. The small aircraft Cessna 208b, which left the airport in Unalakleet in the west of Alaska at 15:55 on February 6, local time, did not reach the town of Nome. The radar record ended on the Bay of Norton Sound after 47 minutes of flight and 236 kilometers covered. It is known that the plane was already delayed at the time of departure. The conditions of that day were not the best. There was a freezing snow in Nome that significantly reduces visibility. The temperature in Nome is currently – 10 degrees Celsius. According to CNN, the aircraft was equipped with a specialized search and rescue transmitter.

The search campaign is underway

There were a total of ten people on board the machine: nine passengers and a pilot. State police immediately announced the start of the search campaign. Actions in this difficult terrain are mainly carried out by the local Volunteer Fire Brigade. At the same time, they were appealed to civilians not to create their own search groups for fear of their safety in bad conditions. A Family Center was created at the Sound Regional Hospital Regional Hospital, in which loved ones can be waiting for the latest information.

This is another air incident in the United States this week. The day before, at the Seattle airport, there was a serious collision of Delta Airlines and Japan Airlines, but no one was injured.