The U.S. Bering Air Cessna had departed from Unalakleet at 2:38 p.m. local time on Thursday and was due to arrive in Nome shortly before 4 p.m. but never arrived, prompting a swift report to state ...

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The Bering Air flight had disappeared while flying from Unalakleet Airport to Nome Airport around 3:20 p.m. local time Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

‘Just one big village’: Communities react to fatal Bering Air plane crash. The plane was lost to radar around 3:16 p.m. Thursday, less than an hour after taking off from Unalakleet.

The flight, operated by Bering Air, was traveling from Unalakleet to Nome in Western Alaska, when its position was lost about 12 miles offshore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Bering Air serves 32 villages in western Alaska from hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet. Most destinations receive twice-daily scheduled flights Monday through Saturday.

The Bering Air single-engine turboprop plane was traveling from Unalakleet to the hub community of Nome when it disappeared Thursday afternoon. It was found the next day after an extensive search with ...

The aircraft, operating Bering Air flight 445, had taken off from Unalakleet at 14:37 local time. It climbed to 8,000ft for the cruise across Norton Sound to Nome.

Small airplanes like the Cessna Caravan in this crash are the workhorses of Alaska, where most of the state’s 200-plus villages are beyond the road system and only accessible by air or boat.

The Bering Air Cessna Caravan left Unalakleet the afternoon of Feb. 6 before disappearing around 3:20 p.m. more than 30 miles southeast of Nome.