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Date:	Thursday 6 February 2025
Time:	c. 15:20 LT
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
Owner/operator:	Bering Air
Registration:	N321BA
MSN:	208B5613
Year of manufacture:	2020
Fatalities:	Fatalities: / Occupants: 10
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing
Category:	Accident
Location:	between Unalakleet and Nome, AK -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Unalakleet Airport, AK (UNK/PAUN)
Destination airport:	Nome Airport, AK (OME/PAOM)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Bering Air flight BRG445, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX, has gone missing during a flight from Unalakleet (UNK) to Nome (OME), Alaska. There are ten POB and a search operation is in progress.

The flight took off from runway 33 at UNK at 14:38 LT (23:38 UTC). It turned left and started tracking 287° over the water of Norton Sound toward OME. The aircraft climbed to a cruising altitude of about 7700 feet. The descent to OME was started at 15:11.
The last ADS-B datapoint captured by FlightRadar24 was at 15:16:34 while the aircraft was descending through 5300 feet, at 38 nm from OME.