On February 6, 2025, a Textron Aviation Cessna 208B Caravan, operated as Bering Air flight 445, disappeared off the coast of western Alaska. Before that, 10 people had not died in a plane crash in the US since 2022. The plane was also overloaded by about 1,000 pounds for flying into icing conditions, the NTSB found. In the week before the crash, the plane flew a total of six flights that were overweight, investigators said. At the time of the crash, Bering Air employed about 200 people and operated 30 planes and 13 helicopters, flying to 32 different destinations.