Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

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FINAL UPDATE: February 8, 2025, 2:30 pm. The Alaska State Troopers, NTSB, and Alaska National Guard aircraft and personnel conducted recovery efforts today at the site of the Bering Air plane crash. Two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, a Nome-based UH-60L Black Hawk, an HC -130J Combat King II and a team of pararescuemen worked to recover the victims. The bodies have been recovered and brought to Nome where they were positively identified by Alaska State Troopers. The bodies will now be transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Anchorage for autopsies. Next of kin has been notified. 

The names of the crash victims are listed below:

34-year-old Chad Antill of Nome (pilot)

52-year-old Liane Ryan of Wasilla

58-year-old Donnell Erickson of Nome

30-year-old Andrew Gonzalez of Wasilla

41-year-old Kameron Hartvigson of Anchorage

46-year-old Rhone Baumgartner of Anchorage

52-year-old Jadee Moncur of Eagle River

45-year-old Ian Hofmann of Anchorage

34-year-old Talaluk Katchatag of Unalakleet

48-year-old Carol Mooers of Unalakleet

UPDATE: February 7, 2025, 9:30am. Search efforts for the missing plane are ongoing. The U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Air National Guard, Alaska Army National Guard, Alaska State Troopers, and local search teams are actively looking for the aircraft. The U.S. Coast Guard is the lead agency overseeing the ongoing search efforts.

ORIGINAL: On February 6, 2025, at 4:00pm, AST was contacted by AKRCC in reference to an overdue aircraft. It was reported that a Bering Air Caravan had gone missing while en route from Unalakleet to Nome, with 9 passengers and 1 pilot on board. SAR crews are working to get to the last known coordinates. Updates to follow.