The estimated gross takeoff weight was about 1,058 pounds over the limit for icy conditions, according to a preliminary NTSB ...
All 10 people on board were killed when the plane, flying in poor visibility, plunged into sea ice near Nome in February.
The Bering Air flight that crashed near Nome last month, killing the pilot and all nine passengers, was more than 1,000 pounds too heavy for the icy weather it was flying into, acc ...
The National Transportation Safety Board says a commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska and killed all 10 people on ...
The Bering Air plane that crashed in Alaska killing all 10 people on board on Feb. 6 was overweight for weather conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report ...
Freezing rain was reported in Nome at the time of the crash. A large weather front over Western Alaska created the potential ...
Alaska (Tribune News Service) — The Bering Air flight that crashed near Nome last month, killing the pilot and all nine passengers, was more than 1,000 pounds too heavy for the icy weather it ...
It isn’t yet clear what specific role the weight might have played in the Bering Air Cessna Caravan’s crash, and whether ...
Weather is often a factor in remote Alaska, and while flying is commonplace ... NTSB chairperson Jennifer Homendy said at a news conference in Nome last month. Contact was lost shortly after ...