Radar showed rapid descent before Bering Air flight disappeared near Nome
Radar at the time showed that at about 3:18 p.m. Thursday, “this aircraft experienced some type of event, which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed,” Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble said during a media briefing Friday. “What that event is I can’t speculate to.”
Crews in Alaska are searching for a plane that went missing with 10 people on board while over Norton Sound off Nome.
A Bering Air commuter plane with 10 people on board went missing en route to Nome from Unalakleet, Alaska. The Coast Guard found the plane but only three bodies inside. The aircraft experienced a ...
Missing plane in Alaska had sudden drop in elevation and speed before disappearing, Coast Guard says
Authorities say a small commuter plane flying over icy seas in Alaska just south of the Arctic Circle with 10 people on board ...
Flight records indicated that Bering Air flight 455, a Cessna Caravan, was flying at around 1,400 feet when it stopped ...
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