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Beaufort sea, alaska

Usfws Plane Search and Rescue; Beaufort Sea, Alaska · NOAAORR-6759

issued
1990-10-12 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1990-10-26 00:00Z
self-cancels
1990-10-26 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Beaufort Sea
position
71.800, -150.000
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

USFWS Plane Search and Rescue; Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
1. On October 11, 1990, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) research plane, carrying the pilot and two USFWS personnel, left Prudhoe Bay and headed northwest out over the Arctic Ocean to look for polar bears on the ice edge. The plane never returned. A major search and rescue mission was initiated by the U.S. Coast Guard and local Barrow aviators in the early morning of October 12. The rescue plane was expected to extend its search to approximately 250 miles northwest of Barrow. USCG district 17.
2. COMMODITY: SEARCH AND RESCUE - MISSING PLANE.
3. POSITION 71.800N 150.000W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6759: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6759

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