A small plane carrying 10 people vanished over Alaska on Thursday afternoon, prompting an intensive search effort. Rescue crews, hampered by weather conditions, are scouring the area but have yet to find any trace of the aircraft. The Bering Air Caravan was en route from Unalakleet to Nome when authorities lost contact. The plane's last known position was 12 miles offshore.
A small plane carrying 10 people over Alaska went missing on Thursday afternoon, and rescue crews searched into the night for any sign of the aircraft. In an update early Friday, the local fire department said that "crews are still searching on the ground, canvassing as much area as possible," but that "we do not have any updated information on the location of the missing aircraft.
The Nome Volunteer Fire Department said in a statement on social media that ground crews were searching across the coast, from Nome to Topkok. "Due to weather and visibility, we are limited on air search at the current time," it said. People were told not to form their own search parties because the weather was too dangerous.The names of the people onboard weren't yet released.Bering Air serves 32 villages in western Alaska from hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet.
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