Operational Factors Report Shows Pattern Of Overweight Flights The National Transportation Safety Board (NTB) has released a 3,000-page docket report on the Bering Air Flight 445 that crashed into sea ice on Feb. 6, 2025, killing all 10 people aboard. The NTSB release includes 78 files containing audio, photographs, weather data and information about conditions at Nome airport on the day of the crash. Clint Johnson, NTSB Alaska regional office chief, said the agency continues working to determine the probable cause of the crash. “We do our job, but obviously this one hit pretty close to home for everybody,” Johnson said. All 10 people killed in the crash were Alaskans. Johnson said the release of thousands of documents does not mean investigators have reached a final conclusion about what caused the crash. A final report is expected early this summer, he said. “I can almost guarantee that there will be some recommendations that come out of this accident report,”
