Missing aircraft : On Thursday afternoon (6 February) in the US, a barring air aircraft carrying 10 people near Nom of Alaska suddenly went missing. The aircraft flew from the city of Unnalkalit in Alaska at 2:37 pm local time and disappeared from radar at 3:16 pm. This information was obtained from the data of flight tracking website flightradars. The missing aircraft was the 208B Grand Caravan, with a total of 10 people, including a pilot. According to the information received, a search operation is currently on to find the aircraft.
The investigation campaign is going on in the mountains.
According to Alaska Public Safety Department, the mountains are under investigation on the ground with the help of local people. However, the aerial survey has been postponed due to bad weather. The team is currently trying to get information about the last place of the aircraft.
According to the National Institute of Professional Safety and Health of the US government, the rate of air taxi and small aircraft accidents in Alaska is higher than any other state in the US. Alaska has a mountainous area and a difficult climate. Many villages here are not connected to roads, so small aircraft are used to transport people and goods.
This tragedy had happened earlier also.
Bering Air Alaska is a regional airline. Which operates about 39 aircraft and helicopters. This information has been received from the data of flight tracking website flightradar 24. There are reports of constant aircraft accidents from America. Earlier on 1 February, a small plane crashed in Philadelphia, USA, after which several houses caught fire. Six people were riding in this aircraft. The crashed aircraft LearJet was 55 aircraft. The aircraft was going towards the Springfield Branson National Airport.
