WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following press release:
7/30/2026
WASHINGTON (July 30, 2026) - Inadequate airspeed management during severe icing conditions, combined with an airplane above its maximum gross weight, led to the February 2025 crash of a Bering Air flight near Nome, Alaska, killing 10.
Bering Air Flight 445, a Textron Aviation Cessna 208B Caravan, was on the final leg of a scheduled commuter flight and heading to Nome when it crashed onto pack ice about 12 miles offshore of Norton Sound on Feb. 6, 2025. The pilot and all nine passengers were killed.
The NTSB found the airplane encountered more severe icing conditions than forecas...