A Bering Air Caravan flight from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska, was reported overdue Thursday afternoon, prompting a search by the Coast Guard, the Nome Volunteer Fire Department, and Elmendorf Air Force Base. The plane's exact location is unknown, but ground crews have covered the coast from Nome to Topkok. A Coast Guard C-130 plane is flying a grid pattern over the area with equipment to detect people and objects under poor visibility.
The Bering Air Caravan was flying from Unalakleet to Nome and was reported overdue Thursday afternoon.The Bering Air Caravan flight, from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue to Alaska State Troopers at 4 p.m. local time, the law enforcement agency said.
“Ground crews have covered ground all along the coast from Nome to Topkok,” the fire department said. “The planes exact location is still unknown. We continue to expand search efforts to as many avenues as possible until the plane is located.”Unalakleet is a small coastal community on the western coast of Alaska off Norton Sound, and Nome is around 141 miles to the northwest.
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