We can now report that there were no survivors from the Friday crash of the Bering Air plane that went down 34 miles from Nome, Alaska. The Coast Guard reported the recovery of three bodies from the wreckage and stated that the remaining passengers and crew are still in the plane but recovery efforts so far have been hampered by the condition of the wreck.
Searchers on Friday found the missing Bering Air plane on the sea ice near Nome, but they did not find any survivors.
The plane had disappeared on a regularly scheduled flight Thursday afternoon, on its way from Unalakleet to Nome with a pilot and nine passengers on board.
The U.S. Coast Guard found the plane, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 34 miles southeast of Nome after a massive search that involved numerous agencies and many volunteers. Rescuers located three people dead inside of the plane, the Coast…
