A Bering Air Caravan flight from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska, carrying nine passengers and a pilot, was reported overdue when it did not arrive at its destination on time. The Coast Guard has been notified and is conducting an active ground search, while the Nome Volunteer Fire Department is coordinating search efforts. Weather conditions have limited air operations, but a C-130 Coast Guard plane equipped with technology to detect people and objects in poor visibility is flying over the area. Ground crews have covered a stretch of coastline from Nome to Topkok, but the exact location of the missing plane remains unknown. Bering Air Director of Operations confirmed the flight took off from Unalakleet around 2:37 p.m. The Coast Guard reported that the plane was 12 miles offshore when its position was lost. A 30-mile stretch of coast is being searched, with officials hoping the plane is on land rather than in the water due to the presence of sea ice. Unalakleet is a small coastal community on the western coast of Alaska, while Nome is located around 141 miles to the northwest. The search efforts are ongoing to locate the missing plane and its passengers.
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