The U.S. Coast Guard located the wreckage of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft in Alaska, confirming the deaths of all 10 people aboard. The plane vanished Thursday while en route from Unalaska to Nome, last contacting air traffic control at 5:30 p.m. The remote location and harsh winter weather hampered initial search and rescue efforts.
NOME , Alaska - The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska found the wreckage of a small plane atop frozen sea ice on Friday, after the aircraft suddenly lost altitude on Thursday and the crash killed all 10 people on board, officials said. Two U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers who reached the wreckage could see three bodies inside, and the other seven were presumed to be inside the wreckage, Coast Guard spokesperson Mike Salerno told a press conference.
"Unfortunately, it does not appear to be a survivable crash," Salerno said. Clint Johnson, chief of the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska office, told the same press conference that 10 were dead. "Unfortunately now since the wreckage has been found and 10 fatalities, it's time for us to roll up our sleeves and go to work," Johnson said. Harsh winter weather had impeded search efforts, and it may take hours or days to recover the bodies from the remote site, officials said. The wreckage was discovered 34 miles southeast of Nome, the Coast Guard said in a post that included a picture of the wreckage in the snow and the two members of the recovery team. The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft carrying a pilot and nine adult passengers was reported missing en route from Unalaska to Nome. The plane last made contact with air traffic control at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
PLANE CRASH ALASKA COAST GUARD FATALITIES CESSNA 208B UNALASKA NOME
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