Ngokusho kwe-radar yendiza, i-altimeter ye-Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ibonisa ukuthi yehla phakathi nemizuzu embalwa yokugcina yendiza. Le ndawo yokugcina eyaziwayo ibiyisiqalo somsebenzi wokusesha nokuhlenga.
Indiza ende yamamayela angu-150 yayisukile esigodini sase-Unatakleet futhi ilibangise eNome. I-Alaska Air National Guard isesha i-tundra eyiqhwa nolwandle olubandayo ukuthola indiza engekho. Ekuqaleni u-Guard waqala ukusesha ngendiza ye-HC-130 kanye nendiza enophephela emhlane, kodwa isimo sezulu esibi sivimbela umsebenzi wokuhlenga iziphathimandla zeluleka izakhamuzi ukuthi zingazami ukusiza ngoba izimo zezulu ziyingozi kakhulu.
Namuhla, indiza enophephela emhlane ikwazile ukuqhubeka nokusesha futhi i-Coast Guard yengeza enye indiza ye-C-130 emizamweni yokuhlenga. Ukwengeza, ithimba elisebenza phansi selithunyelwe ukuba liyocinga ogwini kanye naphakathi nezwe.
I-Unalakleet iyidolobhana elikude kakhulu eningizimu ye-Iñupiaq esifundazweni esinabantu abangaphansi kuka-700, kuyilapho iNome itholakala ogwini oluseningizimu yeSeward Peninsula eNorton Sound of the Bering Sea enabantu ababalelwa ku-4,000.
Lezi zindiza ezincane ziyindlela evamile yokuthutha kulezi zindawo.
