Deadly Plane Crash Makes Ominous State History as ‘Item of Interest’ Found at Site
The remains of 10 people who were in a commuter plane that crashed off the coast of Alaska have been recovered, authorities said Saturday.
“All ten individuals aboard the Bering Air plane have been officially brought home,” the Nome Volunteer Fire Department wrote on Facebook.
Rhone Baumgartner, 46, and Kameron Hartvigson, 41, boarded the flight to Nome after traveling to Unalakleet to work on a heat recovery system servicing the community’s water plant, according to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, The Associated Press reported.
The pilot killed in the crash has been identified as Chad Antill, 34, of Nome. The other victims, according to the Anchorage Daily News, were Liane Ryan, 52, of Wasilla; Donnell Erickson, 58, of Nome; Andrew Gonzalez, 30, of Wasilla; Jadee Moncur, 52, of Eagle River; Ian Hofmann, 45, of Anchorage; Talaluk Katchatag, 34, of Unalakleet, and Carol Mooers, 48, of Unalakleet. . .
The Coast Guard determined the severity of the wreckage was beyond the possibility of survival but announced an “item of interest” related to the search was recovered.
This was one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years. (Read more from “Deadly Plane Crash Makes Ominous State History as ‘Item of Interest’ Found at Site” HERE)
