Authorities Search for Missing Airplane Carrying 10 People After It Fails to Land in Alaska

Authorities are urgently searching for a missing airplane carrying 10 people en route to Nome, Alaska.

The Bering Air flight, traveling from Unalakleet to Nome, was scheduled to land at 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 6, but failed to arrive, prompting a swift response from local and federal officials, the Alaska Department of Public Safety reported.

Search and rescue teams, including Alaska State Troopers and the National Transportation Safety Board, are working to pinpoint the aircraft’s last known location.

The Nome Volunteer Fire Department suggested that adverse weather and poor visibility may have played a role in the plane’s disappearance.

“We are currently doing an active ground search from Nome and from White Mountain and have as much up-to-date information on the event as possible,” the fire department wrote in a statement on Facebook.

The Alaskan National Guard and Coast Guard have joined the search for the missing Nome-bound plane, which vanished without a trace, according to officials.

Fire officials have urged the public not to form search parties due to extreme weather conditions that could put more people at risk, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

Meanwhile, medics from the Norton Sound Health Corporation are on standby, prepared to provide aid in the event of a crash.

As of early Friday, February 7, authorities have classified the plane as “overdue” but have not yet confirmed it as a crash or accident.