The remains of 10 people crashed on a commuter plane Alaska Coast Authorities said Saturday that it has recovered.
“All ten people on board have been taken home officially,” the Norm Volunteer Fire Department wrote on Facebook.
Rhone Baumgartner, 46, and Kameron Hartvigson, 41, boarded a flight to Nome after a trip to Unalakleet, the Associated Press reported. Working on the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, we serve the community’s water plants and the community’s water plants.
The pilot who died in the crash was identified as Chad Antill, 34, of Norm. According to the Anchorage Daily News, the other victims were Liane Ryan, 52, of Wasilla. Donnell Erickson, 58, of Nome; Andrew Gonzalez, 30, of Wasilla; Jadee Moncur, 52, of Eagle River; Ian Hofmann , 45, is Anchorage; Talaluk Katchatag, 34, of Unalakleet, and Carol Mooers, 48, of Unalakleet.
Bering plane carrying 10 people disappeared in Alaska; rescuers responded to “projects of interest”
A plane similar to the crashed this week arrived in Ambre, Alaska on April 9, 2022. (Emily Mesner/Anchor Daily News AP)
Fire Department said officials used rest during Saturday’s weather, “bringing the passengers and crew of the Bering Air Force are brought home today.” Staff are still recovering single-engine turboprop planes.
The plane travels from Unalakleet to Nome when it disappears on Thursday. this U.S. Coast Guard The next day, the wreckage of the plane was found on sea ice about 30 miles southeast of Norm. Later, the Blackhawk helicopter cleared it out of the water.
The Coast Guard has confirmed wreckage It has exceeded the possibility of survival, but the “interest” related to the search has been recycled.
It is one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years.
U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers stood near the wreckage of Bering planes on Friday. (x/@uscgalaska)
According to the Coast Guard, the Bering airline commuter flight leaving Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m. Thursday disappeared about 12 miles. Flights are scheduled regularly.
Data from Flightradar Shows the last report by Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Ex on Thursday at 3:15 pm local time.
The Coast Guard said data showed that the aircraft’s data at 3:18 p.m. Thursday was “rapid and rapid loss of elevation and speed”. However, authorities have not pointed out why this happened.
“Please know, we will work to determine how this happens with the ultimate goal of improving security in Alaska and the United States as a whole,” Jennifer Homendy, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Commission, said in a press conference Saturday afternoon. .”
The Bering plane disappeared when it headed to Nomi, Alaska on Thursday afternoon. (Fox News)
No message or distress signal is delivered.
The National Transportation Safety Commission sent nine people to the site in various states.
this Federal Aviation Administration Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said investigators are being provided to the Office of Aviation Safety.
He added Ministry of Transport All support will be provided as other aircraft crash investigations are still underway.
Bering Sea Ice seen from a small plane near the Alaska coast in 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
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The Alaska crash was the third deadly plane crash in eight days.
On January 29, a passenger plane and a Blackhawk helicopter crashed in the airspace in Washington, DC, killing 67 people.
On January 31, a medical plane carrying a sick child crashed into Philadelphia Street, killing all six people on the ship, a bystander on the ground.
Brie Stimson, Greg Norman, Christina Shaw and the Associated Press of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.