A Cessna plane carrying nine passengers and a pilot has gone missing during a flight in Alaska. The aircraft, operated by Bering Air, was en route from Unalakleet to Nome, both cities in western Alaska. The Alaska State Troopers were notified of the missing plane at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The Nome Volunteer Fire Department is actively conducting ground searches from Nome and White Mountain, while the US Coast Guard and US Air Force have joined the search efforts. Poor weather conditions have limited air searches, with light snow and freezing drizzle reported around Nome Airport.
