白令航空445號航班
| 白令航空445號航班 | |
|---|---|
美國海岸防衛隊成員調查緊飛機嘅殘骸 | |
| 摘要 | |
| 日期 | 2025年2月6號 |
| 地點 | 白令海嘅 Norton Sound 上空 |
| 罹難 | 10 |
| 涉事飛機 | |
| 經營者 | 白令航空 |
| 起飛地 | 美國阿拉斯加嘅 Unalakleet 機場 |
| 目的地 | 美國阿拉斯加嘅 Nome 機場 |
| 乘客 | 9 |
| 機組人員 | 1 |
| 生還者 | 0 |
白令航空445號航班係由白令航空營運嘅定期國內航班,由阿拉斯加州嘅Unalakleet Airport飛去Nome Airport。喺2025年2月6號,執行呢個航班嘅西斯納 208 Caravan喺飛越Norton Sound嗰陣墜毀咗。阿拉斯加海岸防衞隊喺2月8號搵到架飛機嘅殘骸,機上嘅10名乘客全部死亡[1] [2] 。
背景
[編輯]飛機
[編輯]呢架飛機係一架由白令航空營運嘅西斯納 208 CaravanEX,註冊編號係N321BA [3] ,序號係208B5613[4]。呢架飛機係喺2020年製造嘅[2]。
乘客同機組人員
[編輯]飛機上有九個乘客同一個機師,全部都係成年人[5]年齡由30至58歲[6]。喺2025年2月7號,海岸防衞隊發現10人全部喺墜機中死亡[7][8]。
認屍確定其中兩名乘客係阿拉斯加原住民部落衛生聯盟嘅環境衛生暨工程團隊嘅公用事業營運員工。據報,佢哋喺Unalakleet Airport嗰度做嘢,負責修理水廠嘅供暖系統[9]。
意外
[編輯]呢班定期嘅國內航班,係445號航班,由Unalakleet Airport出發,並喺拉斯加時區嘅下晝2點38分喺33號跑道起飛[2],原本預計下晝4點20分會到Nome Airport[3][10]。根據Flightradar24,飛機最後一個傳送嘅位置係下晝3點16分喺64°19.81′N 164°01.61′W / 64.33017°N 164.02683°W,當時嘅海拔高度係5,300英尺(1,615米)[11]
飛機爬升到大約7,700英尺(2,347米)嘅巡航高度嘅時候[2],喺雷達上失蹤之前,航班嘅機師通知安克拉治航空交通控制中心,佢會喺等跑道準備好,可以降落之前,用等待模式飛行[1][12]。

海岸防衞隊嘅指揮官Benjamin McIntyre-Coble話,冇收到飛機發出嘅求救訊號[13] 。美國民航巡邏隊(US Civil Air Patrol)表示,大約喺下晝3點18分,架飛機經歷咗「某種事件,令佢嘅高度同速度都快速下降」[14]。 海岸防衞隊話架飛機喺Nome嘅東南方大約30英里(48公里)嗰度失蹤咗[6]。
飛機被發現喺Nome嘅東南方大約34英里(55公里)墜入海冰[14] 。
反應
[編輯]Nome義工消防局喺Nome同白山進行地面搜索,但係天氣唔好,影響咗佢哋空中搜索嘅能力[8]。美國海岸防衛隊同空軍協助救援,喺嗰度嘅上空幫手搵架飛機[8]。 海岸防衛隊亦從Elmendorf 空軍基地派咗一架C-130大力士喺[12]Norton灣幫手搜索。幾架白令航空嘅飛機亦都飛過呢個地區搵架失蹤飛機[15][16]。阿拉斯加州警察亦都參與咗搜索[17]。
Nome嘅當地醫院Nome Sound Health Corporation發表咗一份聲明,話佢哋已經「準備好應對社區醫療緊急情況」[18]。
美國阿拉斯加海岸防衛隊喺發現飛機嘅殘骸之後,喺Twitter上面宣布結束搜索,佢哋話冇人喺墜機中倖存[17]。死者屍體嘅打撈工作喺2月9號完成。搜救行動受到冬季風暴警告嘅影響,而飛機墜落嘅地方,浮冰移動速度係每日5英里(8公里)[6] 。
各方反應
[編輯]阿拉斯加參議員莉莎·穆考斯基喺推特上發表咗向肇事航班嘅乘客同埋Nome社區表達祈禱同慰問[17]。阿拉斯加州長麥克·鄧利維同埋阿拉斯加州參議員丹·沙利文都喺推特上表達咗佢哋嘅哀悼[19] [20]。
Nome同Unalakleet社區各界亦都對呢次意外表示悲傷。Unalakleet市嘅行政官員Kelsi Ivanoff表達咗佢對反覆出現空難,對社區造成嘅損失同影響,感到悲傷;同時,佢對揾返遇難者嘅屍體,令家屬可以將佢哋帶返屋企而感到欣慰[21]。2月7號喺Nome為受害者同搜索人員舉行咗守夜祈禱[6]。
喺2月7號宣布飛機墜機事件之後,阿拉斯加原住民部落衛生聯盟嘅首席執行官Natasha Singh同副總裁David Beveridge喺記者會上發表聲明,紀念佢哋喺空難遇害嘅員工[9]。白令航空設立咗一條電話專線,協助墜機受害者嘅家屬[6]。
調查
[編輯]美國國家運輸安全委員會(NTSB)宣布將會對致命墜機意外嘅原因展開調查。NTSB阿拉斯加地區負責人Clint Johnson喺新聞發布會上表示,「我哋嘅調查仲係喺初步階段」,而該機構非常了解呢單意外,並一直關注事態發展。NTSB主席Jennifer Homendy喺墜機意外發生之後嘅周末去咗阿拉斯加,並喺安克雷奇舉行嘅新聞發布會上發表講話[5][22][23]。
參考
[編輯]- 1 2 Yoon, John (2025-02-07). "Small Plane With 10 Dead Found Crashed in Alaska". The New York Times (美國英文). ISSN 0362-4331. 喺2025-02-08搵到.
- 1 2 3 4 Ranter, Harro. "Accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX N321BA, Thursday 6 February 2025". asn.flightsafety.org. 喺2025-02-07搵到.
- 1 2 "N321BA - Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX - Bering Air". Flightradar24. 喺February 7, 2025搵到.
- ↑ "FAA Registry". United States Department of Transportation. Faa.gov. 喺7 February 2025搵到.
- 1 2 Moore, Jack; Haworth, Jon; Deliso, Meredith. "Wreckage of missing Alaska plane located, all 10 believed to be dead: Coast Guard". ABC News (英文).
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bohrer, Becky; Golden, Hallie (9 February 2025). "The remains of all 10 people killed in Alaska plane crash have been recovered, authorities say". AP News (英文). 喺9 February 2025搵到.
- ↑ "Missing Alaska plane found with three confirmed dead - US Coast Guard". BBC. February 7, 2025.
- 1 2 3 Yeung, Emma Tucker, Rebekah Riess, Jessie (2025-02-07). "Alaska plane that disappeared with 10 people aboard has been found with no survivors, officials say". CNN (英文). 喺2025-02-08搵到.
- 1 2 Thom, Leah (8 February 2025). "Victim's names emerging in fatal plane crash near Nome". Alaska's News Source (英文). 喺2025-02-08搵到.
- ↑ Townsend, Ben (February 6, 2025). "Search underway for overdue passenger flight bound for Nome with 10 aboard". Alaska Public. 喺February 7, 2025搵到.
- ↑ "Search intensifies for Alaska flight that disappeared carrying 10 people near Nome. Here's what we know". Yahoo News (美國英文). 2025-02-07. 喺2025-02-07搵到.
- 1 2 "Major search launched as Bering Air plane goes missing in Alaska with 10 onboard". The Independent (英文). 2025-02-07. 喺2025-02-07搵到.
- ↑ "Discovery made in search for missing plane in Alaska". BreakingNews.ie (英文). 8 February 2025. 喺8 February 2025搵到.
- 1 2 "Missing Bering Air plane found off Alaska coast, all 10 on board dead". ABC News (澳洲英文). ABC News Australia. 8 February 2025. 喺8 February 2025搵到.
- ↑ "8E930 (BRG930) Bering Air Flight Tracking and History". FlightAware (英文). 喺2025-02-07搵到.
- ↑ "Follow Flight 8E931 on AirNav Radar". AirNav Radar. 原著喺2025-02-12歸檔. 喺2025-02-07搵到.
- 1 2 3 Liddell, James; Rissman, Kelly; Bedigan, Mike (7 February 2025). "Alaska plane crash updates: No survivors after missing plane found outside of Nome". The Independent (英文). 喺8 February 2025搵到.
- ↑ Klecka, Joey (February 6, 2025). "Report: Plane with 10 onboard missing near Nome". Alaska's News Source.
- ↑ Mike Dunleavy [@GovDunleavy] (2025-02-07). "Dunleavy, Mike [@GovDunleavy] (February 7, 2025). "Rose and I are heartbroken by the loss of the 10 people on the Bering Air flight. Our prayers are with the families, friends, and communities mourning this tragedy. We are grateful to the search teams who worked tirelessly to locate the aircraft. I ask all Alaskans to keep those affected in their thoughts and prayers" (Tweet). Retrieved February 8, 2025 – via Twitter" (推文). 喺2025-02-08搵到 –透過Twitter.
- ↑ Dan Sullivan [@SenDanSullivan] (2025-02-06). "We are hearing reports of a possible missing plane en route to Nome. Our thoughts and prayers are with the passengers, their families and the rescue crew" (推文). 喺2025-02-08搵到 –透過Twitter.
- ↑ Nordyke, Olivia; Fernandez, Georgina (8 February 2025). "'Just one big village': Communities react to fatal Bering Air plane crash". Alaska's News Source (英文). 喺2025-02-08搵到.
- ↑ Townsend, Ben (February 8, 2025). "Names of victims released in Bering Air crash". KNOM Radio Mission (美國英文). 喺2025-02-09搵到.
- ↑ Nguyen, Thao; Cann, Christopher; Santucci, Jeanine; Arshad, Minnah. "Coast Guard finds missing plane in Alaska ice; 10 believed dead. Recap". USA Today (美國英文). 喺2025-02-08搵到.