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Crash Report Finds Alaska Flight Was Overloaded Amid Icy Conditions

The National Transportation Safety Board issued its preliminary report on the crash of Bering Air flight 445.
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Crash Report Finds Alaska Flight Was Overloaded Amid Icy Conditions
A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome, Alaska, on Feb. 7, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard via AP
Juliette Fairley
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its preliminary report on the plane that crashed in Alaska last month and found that it was half a ton too heavy for the weather conditions.

The Bering Air single-engine plane collided with sea ice on Feb. 6, killing all ten people onboard.

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]