Alaskan crews compete against the weather to recover victims of plane crash crashes. Two passengers have been identified
Authorities investigated why a commuter plane carrying 10 people (9 passengers and pilots) crashed and did not leave the survivors Alaska coasttwo people on a turboprop aircraft have been identified.
According to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Rhone Baumgartner and Kameron Hartvigson traveled to Unalakleet and boarded a flight to Gnome to serve the community’s water plants.
The identity of the others killed in the crash has not yet been released.
Officials used a break in the weather on Saturday to “take Bering Air passengers and crew home today,” according to a Facebook post by the Norm Volunteer Fire Department.
A similar Bering flight to crash this week will arrive in Ambler, Alaska, on April 9, 2022. (Daily News via Emily Messner/Anchorage AP)
US Coast Guard On Friday, the remains of a sea ice plane were found about 30 miles southeast of Gnome. It is later removed from the water by a Black Hawk helicopter.
Coast Guard officials confirmed that three bodies were found inside. aircraft But they didn’t release their identity. All passengers were adults.
“The remaining seven are believed to be inside the aircraft, but are currently unable to access due to the condition of the aircraft,” USCG Alaska wrote in a social media post. “Our heartfelt sadness lies with those affected by this tragic incident.”
The Coast Guard has determined the severity of the debris It was beyond the chance of survival, but it was announced that “items of interest” related to the search have been restored.
A US Coast Guard rescue swimmer stands near the wreckage of a Bering plane on Friday. (x/@uscgalaska)
The Beringair commuter flight to Gnome disappeared about 12 miles offshore, according to the Coast Guard. Flights were scheduled regularly.
Data from Flightradar The Cessna 208b Grand Caravan Ex was last reported via Norton Sound on Thursday at 3:15pm.
The Coast Guard said data showed “rapid loss of elevation and rapid loss of speed” of the aircraft at 3:18pm on Thursday. However, authorities have not yet determined why it happened.
The Bering plane disappeared Thursday afternoon while traveling to Gnome, Alaska. (Fox News)
According to the AP, no messages or pain signals have been relayed.
Federal Aviation Administration Transport Secretary Sean Duffy provides investigators for the Aviation Safety Bureau’s Accidents and Accident Prevention Bureau.
He added Ministry of Transport Provides full support in ongoing crash investigations of other planes.
Bering Sea ice seen in 2020 from a small plane near the coast of western Alaska. (AP Photos/Mark Teeson, File)
The Alaska crash was the third fatal US plane crash in eight days.
On January 29th, 67 people were killed when they crashed into the air near Washington, DC.
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A medical plane carrying a sick child plunged into Philadelphia Street on January 31, with all six on board and killing bystanders on the ground.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Brie Stimson, Greg Norman, Christina Shaw and the Associated Press of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.