Overview

• The wreckage of a Cessna Caravan with 10 people on board was located 55 kilometers southeast of Nome, Alaska, on sea ice.
• Three bodies were recovered from the plane, with authorities presuming the remaining seven victims are still in the inaccessible wreckage.
• The aircraft vanished from radar on Thursday while en route from Unalakleet to Nome, approximately 20 kilometers off the coast.
• Severe weather, including snow and temperatures around -12°C, complicated search and recovery efforts involving the Coast Guard and local responders.
• This marks the deadliest plane crash in Alaska in 25 years, following two other fatal aviation incidents in the U.S. in late January.