Search Intensifies for Missing Plane with 10 People in Rural Alaska

A Bering Air flight disappeared during a winter storm while traveling between Unalakleet and Nome, prompting extensive rescue efforts.

A Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan with nine passengers and one pilot went missing Thursday afternoon over Norton Sound, Alaska.
The plane lost contact with air traffic control approximately 12 miles offshore, less than an hour after departing from Unalakleet en route to Nome.
Severe winter weather, including freezing temperatures, snow, fog, and low visibility, has complicated search and rescue operations by ground and air crews.
The U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard, and local authorities are conducting a coordinated search, with medical teams in Nome on standby for potential survivors.
Residents have been urged not to form independent search parties due to dangerous conditions, as efforts continue to locate the aircraft and its occupants.