John Booth, 40, left the community of Noatak about 3 p.m. Feb. 14 and didn’t show up in Kotzebue, about 50 miles to the south, as expected, Alaska State Troopers said in a Feb. 16 dispatch.

14 and didn’t show up in Kotzebue, about 50 miles to the south, as expected, Alaska State Troopers said in a Feb. 16 dispatch. “Ground searchers from Noatak and Kotzebue have searched multiple ...

The plane operated by Bering Air was carrying nine passengers and a pilot from Unalakleet to Nome in northwestern Alaska when it went missing, officials say.