Authorities recover remains of all 10 victims from Bering Air crash
Americans were horrified this past Thursday when a Bering Air passenger plane crashed on sea ice roughly 30 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska.
Authorities have confirmed that it is one of Alaska's deadliest air accidents, with 10 people having lost their lives.
Bodies of all 10 victims have been recovered
That's according to Fox News, which cited a statement released by the Nome Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday. It read, "All ten individuals aboard the Bering Air plane have been officially brought home."
Fox News noted that the U.S. Coast Guard located the plane's wreckage on Friday but adverse weather conditions had hampered recovery efforts.
The victims consisted of pilot Chad Antill as well as passengers Rhone Baumgartner, Kameron Hartvigson, Liane Ryan, Donnell Erickson, Andrew Gonzalez, Jadee Moncur, Ian Hofmann, Talaluk Katchatag, and Carol Mooers.
The single-engine turboprop commuter plane had been traveling to Nome from Unalakleet, which is located approximately 145 miles to the northwest.
National Transportation Safety Board chair travels to Alaska
While the plane crash's cause has yet to be determined, Coast Guard data revealed a "rapid loss in elevation and rapid loss in speed" at 3:18 p.m. on Thursday.
Fox News reported that National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy indicated during a press conference on Saturday that answers are still being sought.
"Please know that we'll work diligently to determine how this happened with the ultimate goal of improving safety in Alaska and across the United States," Homendy was quoted as telling reporters.
NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Tim Sorenson and Chairman Jennifer Homendy brief media on arrival in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, on the crash of a Cessna Grand Caravan near Nome, Alaska. They were traveling to Nome to join the rest of the investigative team. pic.twitter.com/VvXlliLK0O
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) February 9, 2025
Meanwhile, NTSB announced on Sunday that Homendy and NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Tim Sorenson had traveled to Alaska.
Bering Air came on the heels of two other deadly air accidents
Fox News pointed out that the Bering Air crash was the third aeronautical disaster to take place with the United States in just over a week.
It came eight days after a medical plane went down in Philadelphia, which resulted in the death of all six individuals who were aboard it with one person on the ground.
That accident itself came only a day following a midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane near Reagan National Airport.
