A search is underway in Alaska after a plane with 10 people on board never reached Nome when it was scheduled, authorities said.
The flight of the Bering Air caravan, from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported that state soldiers of Alaska were delayed at 4 pm local time, said the agency of application of the law.
There were nine passengers and a pilot on board, authorities said.
The Coast Guard has been notified and there is also an active search for land, said the Nome Volunteer Fire Department in a statement on social networks. The climatic conditions limit the air operations on Thursday afternoon, he said.
A CO-130 coast guard plane will fly a grid pattern over the area, and has equipment that can detect people and objects with little visibility, said the fire department in an update around the 8 pm base of the force ELMENDORF Air in Anchorage was also sending flight support. Said the Fire Department.
“Terrestrial crews have covered land along the coast from Nome to Topkok,” said the fire department. “The exact location of the plans is still unknown. We continue to expand search efforts to as many ways as possible until the plane is found. “
The Bering Air operations director, David Olson, said the flight took off from Unalakleet at 2:37 pm, NBC Affiliate Ktuu de Anchorage reported.
Unalakleet is a small coastal community on the western coast of Alaska in Norton Sound, and Nome is about 141 miles northwest.
