Rescuers are currently searching for a missing plane that was carrying 10 people across Alaska's Norton Sound, south of the Arctic Circle. The Bering Air Caravan was en route from Unalakleet to Nome with nine passengers and a pilot when it disappeared. Unalakleet, a community of about 690 people in western Alaska, is located approximately 150 miles southeast of Nome and 395 miles northwest of Anchorage.
This incident marks the third major aviation event in the U.S. within eight days, following a commercial jetliner and Army helicopter collision near the nation's capital and a medical transportation plane crash in Philadelphia. The Cessna Caravan departed Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m. and lost contact less than an hour later while being 12 miles offshore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
