“I was not aware of any distress signals from the aircraft,” McIntyre-Coble stated. An emergency locating transmitter is carried by airplanes. The gadget notifies the Coast Guard.
That an aircraft could be in difficulty by sending a signal to a satellite if it comes into contact with saltwater. He stated the Coast Guard did not receive any such signals.
Lt. Ben Endres of the Alaska State Troopers said that all ten passengers were adults and that the aircraft was a routine commuter excursion.
According to Alaska’s News Source, two of the accident victims were traveling for a non-profit tribal health organization. The names of the other individuals are still under wraps.
The search effort was aided by local, state, and federal authorities that combed miles of icy tundra and areas of ice-dotted seas.
Nine individuals from different states were being sent to the site by the National Transportation Safety Board.
