The average flight time of the route from Unalakleet to Nome is just 47 minutes. The disappearance of the Bering Air flight is the third major aviation incident in the U.S. within just over a week.

A jet carrying 10 people in the skies over Alaska plunged to the ground on Thuraday - with all 10 onboard likely to have died and three bodies recovered so far. The Bering jet was traveling from ...