Investigators hunt for clues into deadly Alaska plane wreck, all victims recovered

Authorities inspect the wreckage of the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft operated by Bering Air, that suddenly lost altitude and went missing with 10 people on board on Thursday, near Nome, Alaska February 7, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Even as the wreckage of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that crashed on Thursday, killing all 10 on board, drifts on a Bering Sea ice floe, authorities said they had recovered and identified the bodies of all the victims on Saturday.

Time was of the essence as the ice floe, about 34 miles (54 km) out to sea near Nome, Alaska, was made of slushy ice and the weather was predicted to turn foul on Sunday, whipping up snow and 45 mph winds, officials said.