While the authorities are investigating what led a command plane to wore 10 people – nine passengers and a pilot -, they do not have to crash, so that no survivors of the coast of AlaskaTwo people on board the TurboProp plane have been identified.
Rhone Baumgartner and Kameron Hartvigson went on board the flight to Nome after they had traveled to Unalautet to work on a heating system that maintains the water plant of the community, according to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, the Associated Press reported.
The identities of the others killed in the crash have not yet been released.
According to a Facebook message from the Nome Volunteer Fire Department, officials used a break in the weather on Saturday “to bring Bering Air Passer and Crew Home Today.”
Bering airplane with 10 people disappears over Alaska; Rescue crews that respond to ‘interest’
A Bering Air plane similar to the plane that crashed this week arrives in Ambler, Alaska, April 9, 2022. (Emily Mesner/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
The American coastguard On Friday, the wreck of the plane at sea ice was about 30 miles southeast of Nome. It is later removed from the water by a black hawk helicopter.
Civilians of the Coast Guard confirmed that three bodies were found inside plane But has not released their identity. All passengers were adults.
“The remaining 7 people are supposed to be on the plane, but are currently inaccessible because of the condition of the plane,” USCG Alaska wrote in a post on social media. “Our sincere condolences are with those affected by this tragic incident.”
The Coast Guard determined the severity of the wreck Was outside the possibility of survival, but announced an “item of interest” with regard to the search was found.
American coast guard Rescue swimmers will be near the wreck of a Bering Air aircraft on Friday. (X/@uscgalaska)
The Bering Air Commuter flight, on its way to Nome, disappeared about 12 miles offshore according to the coast guard. The flight was regularly planned.
Data from Flighttradar Shows the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Ex for the last time reported just after 3:15 pm local time on Thursday about Norton Sound.
The Coast Guard said that data showed a “fast loss of height and fast loss of speed” for the plane at 3.18 pm Thursday. However, authorities have not yet established why that happened.
The Bering Air plane disappeared on Thursday afternoon while traveling to Nome in Alaska. (Fox News)
No messages or emergency signals were passed on, the AP reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration Offers a researcher from the Aviation Safety Office or Accident and Prevention, according to transport secretary Sean Duffy.
He added The Ministry of Transport will offer its full support with the current aircraft investigation in progress.
Ice in the Bering Sea seen from a small plane near the coast of West -Alaska in 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Alaska’s crash was the third fatal collision of the US in eight days.
A passenger plane and a black hawk helicopter poured near the air near Washington, DC, January 29, killing 67 people.
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A medical plane with a sick child was wearing a Philadelphia Street January 31, where all six on board and a bystander were killed on the ground.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comments.
Brie Stimson from Fox News Digital, Greg Norman, Christina Shaw and the Associated Press have contributed to this report.
