Officials in Alaska, on Friday, were searching for a small commercial plane that went missing with 10 people on board, as local authorities said the development is the latest of the recent US air incidents.
Alaska State Police on Friday revealed that Bering Air Caravan with nine passengers and one pilot on board was reported overdue on Thursday on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome at 4:00 pm Alaska Standard Time, which is, 0100 GMT.
Authorities revealed that the plane’s last known position transmitted on FlightRadar24 was over the water around 40 minutes after takeoff.
According to research, the two cities are located roughly 146 miles apart from each other across the Norton Sound, on the state’s west coast.
Nome’s volunteer fire department said in a social media post that “the pilot of the plane told Anchorage air traffic control that “he intended to enter a holding pattern while waiting for the runway to be cleared” before disappearing.
The department added that the US Coast Guard had dispatched a C-130 plane to assist ground crews in locating the missing craft, noting in its latest update on Friday, that “We do not have any updated information on the location of the missing aircraft.
9News Nigeria reports that on January 30, a passenger jet collided midair with a US Army helicopter in the capital city of Washington, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft.
