Mystery in Alaska for an plane to which the sky swallowed it

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Rescue teams in Alaska are looking for a Cessna 208b Grand Caravan plane with 10 people on board | Gentileness New York Times

Plane disappears in the extreme region of Norton Sound

The Coast Guard, the Air Force and the National Guard are in charge of the current operation to counterreloj to find the whereabouts of the missing plane, or at least its fuselage, which vanished on the Bering Sea.

Flight 445 Bering Air He planned to step on a track Nomeits final destination. But, ten minutes before the estimated arrival, disappeared completely from the radar.

The Nome Volunteer Fire Department reported that the pilot had communicated to the Anchorage control tower its intention to enter a waiting pattern while the Nome runway cleared, as the BBC spread.

“Due to weather and visibility, we are limited in the air search at this time”, declared the spokesman of the Fire Department.

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The missing plane was heading to the city of Nome, in Alaska. | Gentileness Associated Press

Currently, the search area is focusing on a perimeter, inside sea, in the Norton Sound area, an extreme region where the radar for the last time, before out completely on the control tower board.

The Norton Sound region is known for US adverse weather conditions, including snowfall, dense fog and temperatures of -8 ° C (17 ° F), which can reach -20 ° C, which fully complicates search work.

“Extreme temperaturescombined with the lack of sunlight at certain hours of the day, they hinder both air navigation and rescue operations. In addition, the Ice accumulation in fuselage and wings can affect the performance of small aircraftsuch as Cessna 208b, widely used in the region to connect communities “affirms the New York Times news agency.

The accumulation of ice in the fuselage and wings can affect the performance of small aircraft such as Cessna 208b The accumulation of ice in the fuselage and wings can affect the performance of small aircraft such as Cessna 208b

As soon as the rumors of the disappearance of the cabotage plane were known, the senator for Alaska, Dan Sullivan, It was expressed through its Facebook account, prior to the confirmation of the local government: “We are receiving reports from a possible disappeared airplane to Nome. Our thoughts and prayers are with passengers, their families and the rescue team ”.

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