According to reports, after landing, the plane collided with a bus. After this, the plane caught fire in 2 people were burnt to death. At the same time, a woman sitting on the bus was seriously injured due to a collision with the debris of the plane. Apart from this, a bike rider is seriously injured after being hit by debris.
The plane was going from South Rio Grande do Sul. The plane could not cover even a 5 km distance after takeoff. Information about why the plane needed an emergency landing is not yet available.
Plane missing in Alaska, contact lost 39 minutes after takeoff
A chartered plane carrying 10 people suddenly went missing in Alaska on Thursday. According to the BBC, Bering Air's Cessna Caravan 208B plane left Unalakleet for Nome at 4 pm on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the plane suddenly lost contact and went missing. The local administration is engaged in the search for the missing plane. According to the Nome Volunteer Fire Department, there were nine passengers and a pilot in the plane. According to data from the flight tracking website Flight Radar, the plane disappeared from the radar 39 minutes after taking off from Unalakleet. The distance between Unalakleet and Nome is 235 km.
Search difficult due to bad weather
The fire department has written in a statement on Facebook that the plane is being searched from Nome and White Mountain. The department said that the Alaska National Guard and Coast Guard Force are also engaged in the search for the plane.
Officials said that the search is being difficult due to bad weather. Fire department officials have appealed to people not to go out looking for the plane on their own because due to bad weather, more people can go missing.
The plane is not considered to have crashed. According to officials, the plane has been officially considered missing till Friday morning. It is not yet considered a victim of an accident.
Unalakleet is located on the west coast of Alaska. It is near Norton Sound Bay and is situated at the mouth of the Namik River. 690 people live in Unalakleet. Nome is also located on the west coast of Alaska. Gold was discovered here in the 1890s, after which this area became famous. More than 3500 people live here.
