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The crews in Alaska are looking for a plane that disappeared with 10 people on Thursday afternoon.

Alaska troops received reports at 4 hours local time for the Bering air caravan moving from unalaket in a nome that carries nine passengers and the pilot is late, according to Online statement.

There were no wounds of their identity.

It was the third major American air incident in eight days. An American Eagle Flight and Military Black Hawk Helicopter collided And she died in the River Potomac near Washington, DC 29. January, killing all 67 people on two aircraft. And a Medical transport plane crashed into Philadelphia 31. January killing six people on board and another in the field.

Bering Air Director Operation David Olson said caravan left unalakleaet at 14:37

Said nome volunteer fire unit UA Facebook post If the pilot said air traffic control “intended to enter the sample role model while waiting for the runway to clean.”

Search and rescue aircraft Frequently released from Kodiak Air Station to the last known location that is missing, 12 miles at sea, according to a Ox statement.

Data from Flightradar It shows the Bering Air flight for the latest reporting information at 15:16 via Norton sound.

Hercules HC-130 will fly a sample grill over water and along the shore with equipment that can help with a plane in the conditions without visibility, said the fire department.

Elmendorf aviation database, in anchorment, also sent flight support.

Earth’s crews covered along the coast from the nomes to Topkok, the fire department said, adding that, “we continue to expand the search effort in as much avenue as the plane.”

But “due to weather conditions and visibility, we are limited to the air search in the current moment,” said. People said they did not form their search parties because the weather was too dangerous.

National Guard and Troops participate in search, according to the fire department.

The National Transportation Security Committee said that it was in empty development, but the agency does not initiate investigations until the fate of the planes is determined. He has a team stationed in Alaska throughout the year.

The Cessna caravan is a plane of the motor propeller that holds about 10 people, including the pilot. It is generally reliable and widely used.

Alaska is not a stranger with small aircries, especially during the winter, when time can make them fly very challenging. And planes are often the only choice for excursions of any distance in rural Alaska.

There were 17 degrees Fahrenheit in Unalaket, and the plane left, and light snow falls and it was foggy, the national time service is stated.

Unalakaket is a community of about 690 people in west Alaska, about 150 miles southeast of the nome and 395 miles northwest of anchor.

Nome is known as the target line of 1,000 mile iditarod. It is the city of Gold Rush Just from the Arctic Circle.

The nome berean air serves 32 villages in the west Alaska, and also has hubs in Cotrebue and Unalakaleet. Most villages are scheduled flights twice a day, from Monday to Saturday.

– The associated press contributed to this report.

Kris Van Cleave contributed to this report.