Alaska plane crash: Remains of all 10 victims recovered, say authorities

According to authorities, the bodies of all ten victims of the Alaskan regional single-engine aircraft tragedy on the Bering Sea have been found. On Thursday afternoon, the turboprop aircraft that was en route from Unalakleet to the hub hamlet of Nome vanished. The rescue crews discovered the plane’s wreckage on an ice floe that was drifting roughly 5 miles (8 kilometers) per day a day later. “All ten individuals aboard the Bering Air plane have been officially brought home,” the Nome Volunteer Fire Department posted on Facebook Saturday afternoon, while also noting that the personnel were still attempting to recover the aircraft.

Now that the remains have also been recovered, officials added, a Black Hawk helicopter will be used to carry the aircraft. One of the state’s deadliest aviation catastrophes in 25 years occurred when the plane crashed into the freezing sea. Additionally, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory while the rescue crews attempted to safely remove the aircraft. Snow and winds of up to 45 miles per hour (72 kilometers per hour) are predicted to hit the area on Saturday night (local time) and continue until Sunday evening, according to the alert. In addition to the other casualties, who ranged in age from 30 to 58, the plane’s pilot, 34-year-old Chad Antill of Nome, was also killed in the fatal crash.