A Bering Air Caravan flight from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska, is missing and has prompted a large-scale search effort involving the Coast Guard, ground crews, and aircraft from Elmendorf Air Force Base.
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.The Coast Guard has been notified and there is also an active ground search, the Nome Volunteer Fire Department A C-130 Coast Guard plane will fly a grid pattern over the area, and has equipment that can detect people and objects under poor visibility, the fire department said in an update around 8 p.m. Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage was also sending flight support, the fire department 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.Crime and Courts
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