UPDATE: Missing Plane In Alaska Found? Coast Guard Finds Aircraft With Three Bodies Inside

The U.S. Coast Guard said it found a crashed aircraft while searching for a flight carrying 10 people that went missing on Thursday.

DEVELOPING: Plane Carrying 10 People Reported Missing, Search Underway

"The crashed plane was found around 34 miles southeast of Nome, the Coast Guard said in an update on X," NBC News stated.

"3 individuals were found inside and reported to be deceased. Our thoughts are with those affected by this tragic incident," the Coast Guard said in the now-deleted post, according to the outlet.

BREAKING: Wreckage of missing Bering Air plane found 34 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska.

U.S. Coast Guard confirms at least 3 people were found dead inside. No word on the status of the other 7 passengers. pic.twitter.com/yiGoviX6mK

— BNO News (@BNONews) February 7, 2025

Per NBC News:

The Coast Guard said in the post that the crashed plane matched the description of a missing Bering Air Cessna Caravan with nine passengers and one pilot on board that took off from Unalakleet on Thursday and was headed to Nome about 140 miles to the west.

The conditions or more information about the seven other people possibly on board were not immediately clear.

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The flight took off from Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m. Thursday, Bering Air Director of Operations David Olson told NBC affiliate KTUU of Anchorage.

Radar analysis showed that around 3:18 p.m. Thursday “this aircraft experienced some kind of event which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed,” Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble said at a Friday news conference.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said earlier Friday that he and his wife, Rose, "are heartbroken by the disappearance of the Bering Air flight over Norton Sound."

"Our prayers are with the passengers, the pilot, and their loved ones during this difficult time," Dunleavy said in a statement.

“At this time Emergency crews in Nome, Alaska, are urgently searching for a missing aircraft. The Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, registration number N321BA, carrying 10 passengers, departed from Unalakleet, Alaska, on a scheduled flight to Nome but disappeared en route. The aircraft last made contact shortly after takeoff before vanishing from radar,” Rawsalerts wrote on Thursday.

“Search and rescue teams, including local authorities and the Alaska Air National Guard, have launched a coordinated ground and aerial search. Officials are urging residents in remote areas to report any signs of wreckage as efforts intensify,” the post added.

#BREAKING: Search underway after a Bering Air flight carrying 10 passengers has gone missing

#Nome | #Alaska

At this time Emergency crews in Nome, Alaska, are urgently searching for a missing aircraft. The Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, registration number… pic.twitter.com/mrg7kfLQ8i

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) February 7, 2025

“The Bering Air Caravan, which is carrying nine passengers and a pilot, was reported overdue at 4 p.m. Thursday, troopers said in an online statement,” Anchorage Daily News stated.

NEW "A Cessna Caravan plane belonging to Bering Air has crashed on the way to Nome in Western Alaska. The flight originated in Unalakleet.

There were 10 people on board — 9 passengers and the pilot." (Must Read Alaska)

— Toria Brooke (@realtoriabrooke) February 7, 2025

WATCH:

BREAKING: The Coast Guard announced they found an "item of interest" in regards to a plane carrying ten people that went missing over the skies of Alaska. pic.twitter.com/U6NYuneW8g

— Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) February 7, 2025

From the New York Post:

Crews had not been able to fully open the plane and were continuing to search, according to Cameron Snell, a spokesperson for the US Coast Guard, who noted: “Right now we just know that there’s three.”

The Cessna Caravan left Unalakleet around 2:37 p.m. Thursday and was headed for Nome, about 150 miles away, but lost contact with officials less than an hour later.

Officials on Friday said the plane experienced a “rapid loss” in elevation and speed just before vanishing.

Around 3:18 p.m. Thursday, the plane had “some kind of event which caused them to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed,” US Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble said. “What that event is, I can’t speculate to.”

The Coast Guard is currently treating the efforts to locate the plane as a search and rescue operation, McIntyre-Coble said, noting he wasn’t aware of the plane sending out any distress signals before vanishing.

The single-engine plane had nine passengers and a pilot on board when it disappeared over Alaska’s Norton Sound, according to the state Department of Public Safety.

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