Bering Air flight 445, a regular commuter flight using a Cessna Caravan, left Unalakleet headed to Nome when the plane encountered “more severe icing conditions than forecast,” the report says. About 38 minutes after departing, the flight encountered severe icing conditions, including supercooled large droplets. The airplane had a functioning ice protection system, which the pilot used during the flight’s encounter with icing conditions, NTSB says. Bering Air also faces wrongful death lawsuits filed earlier this year by five of the crash victims’ families. In response to a request for comment, Bering Air President Russell Rowe said in an email to the Nugget, “The loss of Flight 445 will always weigh heavily on the Bering Air family.