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The remains of 10 people who were in a vicinity plane that crashed into the Alaska coast They have been recovered, authorities said on Saturday.
“The ten people aboard the Bering Air plane have been officially brought home,” wrote the Nome Volunteer Fire Department on Facebook.
Rhone Baumgartner, 46, and Kameron Hartvigson, 41, approached Nome flight after traveling to alakleet to work in a heat recovery system that attends the community of the community, according to the tribal health consortium Native Alaska, said Associated Press.
The pilot killed in the accident has been identified as Chad Antill, 34, of Nome. The other victims, according to Anchorage Daily News, were Liane Ryan, 52, from Wasilla; Donnell Erickson, 58, of Nome; Andrew González, 30, from Wasilla; Jadee Moncur, 52, of the Eagle River; Ian Hofmann, 45, from Anchorage; Talaluk Katchatag, 34, by Unalakleet, and Carol Mooers, 48, by Unlakleet.
An Air Bering plane similar to that crashed this week arrives in Ambler, Alaska, on April 9, 2022. (Emily Mesner/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
The Fire Department said the officials were using a rest on the weather on Saturday “to take Bering Air passengers and the crew home today.” The teams were still working to recover the single -engine turbopropulsor plane.
The plane was traveling from Unlakleet to Nome when it disappeared on Thursday. He Coast Guard of the United States He found the remains of the plane the next day on the sea ice about 30 miles southeast of Nome. It will later be removed from water by a Black Hawk helicopter.
The Coast Guard determined the severity of The remains It was beyond the possibility of survival, but announced that an “element of interest” related to the search was recovered.
This was one of the most mortal air accidents in the state in 25 years.
Rescue swimmers of the United States Coast Guard are near the remains of a Bering Air plane on Friday. (X/@uscgalaska)
The Bering Air Commuter flight, which left alakleet at 2:37 pm on Thursday, disappeared about 12 miles from the coast, according to the Coast Guard. The flight was regularly scheduled.
Flightradar data Shows the Cessna 208b Grand Caravan Ex for the last time reported just after 3:15 pm local time on Thursday over Norton Sound.
The Coast Guard said the data showed a “rapid loss of elevation and rapid loss of speed” for the plane at 3:18 pm on Thursday. However, the authorities have not yet identified why that happened.
“Please, know that we will work diligently to determine how this happened with the ultimate goal of improving safety in Alask Saturday afternoon.
Bering Air plane faded Thursday afternoon while traveling to Nome in Alaska. (Fox News)
No messages or signs of anguish were transmitted.
The National Transportation Board was sending nine people to the scene from several states.
He Federal Aviation Administration He is providing a researcher at the Office of Accident and Prevention Aviation Security, according to the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.
Added The Department of Transportation It will offer your full support, since other aircraft accident investigations remain in progress.
Ice at the Bering Sea as seen from a small plane near the western coast of Alaska in 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, Archive)
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Alaska’s accident was the third fatal collision of the American plane in eight days.
A passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the air near Washington, DC, on January 29, killing 67 people.
A medical plane that took a sick child collapsed in a street in Philadelphia on January 31, killing the six on board and a spectator on the floor.
Brie Stimson, Greg Norman, Christina Shaw and The Associated Press of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
