Bering Air plane crash Alaska 2025

Rescue crews searched Friday for any sign of a Bering Air flight with 10 people on board that went missing above Alaska’s Norton Sound, south of the Arctic Circle.

The Bering Air Caravan, a single-engine turboprop, was heading from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon with nine passengers and a pilot, according to Alaska’s Department of Public Safety. Authorities were working to determine its last known coordinates. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department reported the plane missing in a Facebook post on Friday, writing, “We are currently responding to a report of a missing Bering Air caravan. There were ten people on board and aircraft was in route from Unalakleet to Nome. We are currently doing an active ground search from Nome and from White Mountain and have as much up to date information on the event as possible. It added that due to weather and visibility, they were limited on air search and the National Guard, coast guard and troopers have been notified and are in active search.