The aircraft had disappeared from the radars an hour after take -off on the afternoon of Thursday 6 February. The wreck was sighted by the coast guard about twenty -four hours later. It is a small tourism plane. Ten people on board, all deceased. This is the third serious flight accident in the United States in a few days
Another plane crashthe third, in just over a week in the United States. First the clash of January 29 between a military helicopter and a scheduled plane a Washington with 67 dead, then the crash of a aircraft used for medical transport to Philadelphia January 31 with 7 dead; Now, in the late afternoon of Thursday 6 February (shortly after 15 local time, 1 on Friday in Italy), another tragedy that involved a aircraft: it happened in Alaskanear the city named. Ten people died, all the occupants of the plane.
Planning precipitated in Alaska
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It was a Cessna Caravan (an helix monomotor) of the local Bering Air company. In this area, mostly roads without roads, air transport on short distances with small aircraft is quite common. That cessna took off from the town of Unolakleet At 2:37 pm on Thursday 6 February. About an hour after the flight controllers they lost contact, when the plane was approximately 50 km south-west of the city of Name. The radar surveys of the Civil Air Traffic Authority highlighted a very quick loss of speed and altitude, recorded at 15:18. The automatic signal was not received which is usually sent to emergency situations. Almost a day was therefore necessary to find the wreck, about 55 km from name. On board the pilot and nine passengers. Nobody saved himself.
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