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'Alaska Triangle' claims 10 more victims after missing plane found

By T.K. Randall
February 8, 2025 · Comment icon 7 comments
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The Alaskan wilderness. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 Steve Lyon
The Bering Air flight had recently been reported missing in a region notorious for unexplained disappearances.
The alarm was raised when the small commuter plane - which had departed from Unalakleet to Nome at 2:38pm on Thursday - failed to make it to its destination, sparking an extensive search and rescue operation lasting several days.

Sadly, though, the search ended in tragedy when the wreckage of the plane was discovered earlier today approximately 34 miles southeast of Nome.

It is believed that all nine passengers and the pilot were killed in the crash.

This, however, is by no means the first such disaster to strike the region.

Since 1972, the area between Anchorage, Juneau and Utqiagvik - often referred to as the Alaska Triangle - has allegedly seen the disappearances of over 20,000 people.
In many ways this echoes the more famous Bermuda Triangle - a region in which planes are said to disappear without a trace and where crashes and disasters are disproportionately commonplace.

One of the most notable disappearances to occur within the Alaskan Triangle was that of House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and Congressman Nick Begich who had been flying from Anchorage to Juneau in 1972 when their plane vanished and was never seen or heard from again.

Other disappearances include that of 25-year-old Gary Frank Sotherden who went missing during a hunting trip, Joseph Balderas who vanished in 2016 and Florence Okpealuk who disappeared in 2020.

According to reports, over 2,000 people go missing in the region every year.

In all likelihood, the remote nature of the area coupled with the challenging weather and terrain are likely to be the primary suspects in this ongoing phenomenon.

Source: Economic Times | Comments (7)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by susieice 1 month ago
   
Comment icon #2 Posted by susieice 1 month ago
Some new details.  
Comment icon #3 Posted by susieice 1 month ago
ABC World News Tonight just said the Coast Guard has found the plane. Three bodies were found inside. Nothing at all online that I can find. It's just on CNN. Doesn't say a lot. Where are the other 7 people? There were 9 passengers and a pilot onboard.
Comment icon #4 Posted by susieice 1 month ago
Here's the plane. The other 7 people are believed to be inside the plane but unaccessible because of the condition of the wreckage.  
Comment icon #5 Posted by Gromdor 1 month ago
Hmm.  Third crash in a month.
Comment icon #6 Posted by susieice 1 month ago
The remains of all 10 aboard have been recovered with some of the identities released. The remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash have been recovered, authorities say | Associated Press | wfmz.com
Comment icon #7 Posted by Jon the frog 1 month ago
Look to have hit ground with some speed but not with  a steep trajectory. Maybe they tried to land/crash-land but misinterpreted altitude. It's hard to measure altitude over that type of icy terrain, the same over water.


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