Incident Overview
On a routine flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Great Falls, Montana, a four-engine aircraft carried a crew of eight and 36 passengers, including two civilians—an entrepreneur and his son. At approximately 1400 local time, while flying over western Canada near the US border, the crew reported their position to ground personnel and confirmed that all was operating smoothly. About nine minutes later, the aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances in the region of Snag, Yukon.
Search and Rescue Efforts
Search and rescue operations were promptly initiated, with considerable resources deployed to locate the missing aircraft. However, after several weeks of searching, no trace of the aircraft nor any of the 44 occupants was found. All operations were ultimately suspended. As of 2016, the wreckage had not been discovered.
Investigation
Investigators were unable to determine the exact cause of the accident due to a lack of evidence. However, icing conditions were reported in the area at the time of the crash. The official findings stated that without physical evidence, the precise sequence of events leading to the accident could not be established.