A crashed airplane with three dead people inside has been found in western Alaska during the search for a flight that went missing Thursday with 10 people aboard, the Coast Guard said Friday.The crashed plane was found around 34 miles southeast of Nome,

Authorities say a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome has been located on sea ice and all 10 on board are dead

Authorities are searching part of Alaska's western coast for a plane that went missing while carrying 10 people.

Rescuers in Alaska continued to scour the Seward Peninsula on Friday, desperately searching for a small plane carrying 10 people that did not arrive in Nome as scheduled, authorities said. The Bering Air Caravan flight, from Unalakleet to Nome, was reported overdue to Alaska State Troopers at 4 p.m. local time, the law enforcement agency said.

The Cessna, operated by Bering Air, went off the radar and lost radio contact minutes before it was scheduled to land in Nome.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard said crews had not been able to fully open the plane and were continuing to search.

Crews in Alaska are searching for a plane that went missing with 10 people on board while over Norton Sound off Nome.

Mike Salerno, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard, said rescuers searching the aircraft’s last known location by helicopter spotted the wreckage and lowered two rescue swimmers to investigate.

The search continues Friday for a small plane that went missing in Alaska, with 10 people on board. The Bering Air flight was traveling from the village of Unalakleet to Nome when it was reported missing at around 4 p.

A desperate search is underway Friday in Alaska for a missing Bering Air plane that vanished Thursday while carrying 10 people on a flight from Unalakleet to Nome.