[2] Prior to the disappearance on radar, the flight's pilot informed Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center that he would begin a holding pattern with the plane while waiting for the runway to be cleared.

[8] The United States Coast Guard and Air Force assisted with rescue efforts, flying over the area in order to locate the aircraft.

[18] Norton Sound Health Corporation, a local hospital in Nome, issued a statement saying it was "standing ready to respond to a community medical emergency.

Retrieval operations were affected by warnings of an upcoming winter storm and the fact that the ice floe in which the aircraft crashed was moving at a rate of about 5 miles (8 kilometers) a day.

[6] Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski expressed her prayers and condolences towards the passengers, those in Bering Air, as well as the community of Nome, in a post on Twitter.

[6] Following the announcement of the plane crash on February 7, CEO Natasha Singh and Vice President David Beveridge of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium made statements during a press conference to honour their workers who were identified as victims of the flight.

Clint Johnson, chief of the NTSB Alaska region, stated saying "We are very much in the preliminary stages of this investigation" at a news briefing, and that the agency was well-aware of the crash and have been monitoring developments.