Search underway along Alaska's western coast for plane carrying 10 people

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Updated 6:36 AM CST, February 7, 2025

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rescuers searched Friday for any sign of a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people across Alaska’s Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle.

The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot, according to Alaska’s Department of Public Safety. Authorities were working to determine its last known coordinates.

Unalakleet is a community of about 690 people in western Alaska, about 150 miles (about 240 kilometers) southeast of Nome and 395 miles (about 640 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage.

The disappearance marks the third major incident in U.S. aviation in eight days. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation’s capital on Jan. 29, killing 67 people. A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, killing the six people onboard and another person on the ground.


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[Lovie777]

1. Hopefully they find them safe ......................

but g-damn, what's going on.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Maybe they can fire all the Air Traffic Controllers and replace them with Musks kindergarten corps?

[maxsolomon]

7. Nothing to do w/ ATC.

It's a single-engine plane flying from 1 Podunk airport to another.

[kerouac2]

3. Hopefully there are rescuers to help

And they haven't been diverted to work at a border or Guantanamo...

[kimbutgar]

4. I am so scared to fly now

I was planning a trip to London I the fall and now I am nervous about flying, and my husband works for a major carrier that he is retiring from later this year. He flew to visit his Mother on Wednesday and I tracked his flight using the flight watch app and when I saw he landed safely I was able to go to sleep.

I think we are going to unfortunately see more crashes.

[maxsolomon]

6. we were always going to see more crashes.

we haven't seen an intercontinental flight crash that I remember, and there are hundreds every day. the DC crash was an unprecedented collision.

odds are really good you'll be fine. really really good.

[EX500rider]

9. He was in more danger on the drive to airport then on the plane

[maxsolomon]

5. "Alaska's West Coast"? As opposed to their East Coast?

Hopefully they were able to pull off a landing somewhere, but Unalakleet to Nome is a straight shot across water.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. Maybe not the southern or northern coast?

[maxsolomon]

12. North Coast I'll buy.

I guess there's a Southern Coast if you consider the Aleutians to Ketchikan...

[Blackjackdavey]

8. Not to rain on a good parade

but this hardly a major aviation incident. It's February, In Alaska. This happens more or less continuously up there, year round.

[mackdaddy]

10. I would say this is the fourth major incident.

Although not loss of life a Japan airline cut into a Delta airline on the ground. Both with passengers on board.

A Japan Airlines plane clipped a parked Delta Air Lines plane while taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, leaving the wing of the Japanese plane impaled on the tail of the Delta jet.

Delta said the Boeing 737 that was struck had 142 passengers aboard. The plane, which was operating as Flight 1921, was scheduled to fly to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and was in line for de-icing when it was hit, Delta said.

“There are no reports of injuries for crew or customers on the flight, and we apologize for the experience and delay in travels,” Delta said. Japan Airlines did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

The Federal Aviation Administration said that the Japan Airlines plane was Flight 68, which had landed at the airport after flying for more than eight hours from Tokyo. The planes were in an area that is not under air traffic control, the F.A.A. said, adding that it had paused some flights at the airport after the episode and was investigating.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/delta-japan-airlines-collision-seattle-airport.html

[Mawspam2]

13. I'm calling it. One of Mump's script-kiddies fooled with the GPS system and deliberately crashed that plane.

Prove me wrong!