A small plane carrying nine passengers went missing while en route from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska, on Thursday, February 6, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety
said.The single-engine turboprop plane was operated by Bering Air, authorities
reported.The Nome Volunteer Fire Department later
said that crews were still searching on the ground, but that there was no updated information on the location of the missing aircraft.The search was
still underway on Friday, authorities said.Animation from Flightradar24, illustrating a playback of the flight path, shows the plane disappearing off the Alaska coast.The first two clips in the video show sped-up versions of the flight, while the third video shows the flight’s real-time movement. Credit: Flightradar24.com via Storyful