The aircraft, which was reported overdue, bears the tail number N455A, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. That aircraft is a 1957 DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter registered to General Communications Inc., according to FAA records. The FAA did not immediately provide other information about how it knows that this is the aircraft.
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