Missing Aircraft in Norton Sound region; Nome, Alaska

Nome, AK 99762, USA | 2025-Feb-07

Initial Notification: On the afternoon of 2/6/2025, a Bering Air plane was reported missing between Unalakleet and Nome, AK. The SSC was invited by NWS to participate in their internal coordination on supporting the search and rescue, including attending the NWS briefing calls to the State Emergency Operations Center. SSC is also in contact with USCG. Multiple other NOAA Offices & Programs are monitoring and offering support incident. USCG located the plane on 2/7/2025 in the early afternoon.