All 10 people aboard a small plane traveling from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska, were confirmed dead after the crashed plane was discovered. The victims included nine passengers and one pilot. The victims were identified as Chad Antill, Liane Ryan, Donnell Erickson, Andrew Gonzalez, Kameron Hartvigson, Rhone Baumgartner, Jadee Moncur, Ian Hofmann, Talaluk Katchatag, and Carol Mooers. Recovery efforts initially focused on retrieving the victims from the crash site before recovering the wreckage. Three people were found dead inside the plane wreckage, with the others believed to also be inside. The severity of the wreckage made the possibility of survival unlikely. The plane was a Bering Air Cessna Caravan that took off from Unalakleet and experienced a rapid loss in elevation and speed before crashing. The crash site was located about 34 miles southeast of Nome. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department, with assistance from the Alaska National Guard, initiated a search and rescue operation. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Sen. Lisa Murkowski expressed condolences and sympathy for the victims and their families, emphasizing the close-knit nature of Alaska in times of tragedy. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium confirmed two of their employees were among the victims, who had been traveling to service a heat recovery system in Unalakleet.
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