Coast Guard Finds Missing Alaska Plane In Ice, Nome - 07 Feb 2025] Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board Chair, also warned it is too early to speculate about the cause of the crash, CBS reports.
Plane wreck investigated after crash near Alaska killed everyone on board The wreckage of a plane which crashed off the coast of Alaska is being investigated by the authorities.
The plane disappeared less than an hour after takeoff on Thursday afternoon, and the wreckage of the Cessna 208B was found sitting on sea ice about 34miles southeast of Nome on Friday.
The ice floe is drifting about five miles a day, making recovery conditions difficult to contend with, and Alaska’s National Guard is set to take part in recovery efforts.
He said he was unaware of any distress signals from the aircraft, despite the plane carrying an emergency locating transmitter which activates if exposed to seawater and relays a distress signal to the Coast Guard.