Juneau, Alaska (AP) – The authorities strive to recover the wreck of a Plane crash in west Alaska This killed 10 people while the investigators try to determine what caused the descent to the Bering Sea.
The unique motor turbopropulse plane went from Unalakleet to the Nome Hub community when it Disappeared Thursday afternoon. Bering’s airplane was found the next day after in -depth research. Nine passengers and the pilot were killed.
The crews on Saturday ran to recover the wreckage and the remains of the people killed in the accident before the strong winds and the snow expected.
Here are things to know about the plane crash, which is one of the deadliest The plane crashed in the state in 25 years.
The plane was missing near Nome
The officials said that contact with the Cessna caravan had been lost less than an hour after her departure from Unakleet on Thursday. The authorities said that the flight was a regularly programmed suburban trip and that the plane disappeared at around 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Nome.
The wreckage was found on Friday by rescuers who were looking for by helicopter. Local, state and federal agencies have traveled large icy waters and kilometers of frozen tundra before finding the plane.
A Black Hawk helicopter will be used to move the plane once the bodies withdrawn, officials said.
Unalakleet is a community of approximately 690 people at around 150 miles (approximately 240 kilometers) southeast of Nome and 395 miles (approximately 640 kilometers) northwest of anchorage. The village is on the Iditarod trail, road to the most famous sled dog race.
Nome is just south of the Arctic Circle and is known as the end of the Iditarod of 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers).
The cause of the accident is the subject of a investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board sends people from various states to investigate the accident.
The radar data provided by the US Civil Air Patrol indicated that the plane quickly lost elevation and speed, but it is not clear why it happened, according to the American coast guard.
Lieutenant CMDR coastal guard. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble said he was not aware of the plane distress signals. If an airplane is exposed to sea water, an emergency location transmitter sends a signal to a satellite, which then relays this message to the Coast Guard. No message of this type was received by the Coast Guard.
Theft is an important mode of transport in the largest American state
The vast landscape and the limited infrastructure of Alaska make a joint trip by plane. Most communities are not linked to the developed road system which serves the most populous region of the state.
Some high school teams go to sporting events against rival secondary schools, and goods are brought to many communities by Barge or by plane.
Who was on the plane?
The authorities said the 10 people aboard the plane were adults.
Among the people killed were the Rhône Baumgartner and Kameron Hartvigson. They went to Unalakleet to serve an essential heat recovery system at the community’s water plant, according to the native tribal health consortium in Alaska.
The identities of others killed in the accident have not been released.
Other recent American plane accidents also investigate
The marks of the Alaska plane accident The third major of American aviation misadventure in eight days.
A commercial jetliner and an army helicopter collided near the national capital January 29, kill 67 people.
A The medical transport aircraft crashed In Philadelphia on January 31, killing the six people on board and another person on the ground.
