All 10 people aboard the Bering Air plane that crashed in Alaska on Thursday were killed, according to the US Coast Guard, APA reports citing Associated Press.
It is unclear yet what caused the accident. The plane was traveling from Unalakleet to Nome with nine passengers and a pilot when it went missing.
NBC reported the plane’s debris were found 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Nome.
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The U.S. Coast Guard has joined a search for a small airplane with 10 people aboard that went missing along Alaska's west coast during a flight to Nome a day earlier, APA reports citing Reuters.
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft was reported missing en route from Unalakleet about 4 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to a dispatch posted on the website of the Alaska State Troopers in Nome, which is more than 500 miles northwest of Anchorage.
The 150-mile flight from Unalakleet and Nome traverses the Norton Sound, part of the Bering Sea.
Clint Johnson, chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska office, told the media that the NTSB was aware of the overdue plane and monitoring the situation.
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